If you’re a betting man, you might care about this; if you’re not, then there is a good chance that you won’t. But with the news coming out yesterday that free agent quarterback Cam Newton was signing a one-year contract with the New England Patriots, that had an immediate effect on betting lines, with the team going from projecting a second-round nobody under center to a former MVP.
Not just on the betting lines for individual games, but also for the individual award that Pittsburgh Steelers fans might care about: the Comeback Player of the Year Award. The last time I checked, most sports books had quarterback Ben Roethlisberger either the odds-on favorite or tied as the most likely to win, after missing almost all of last season with a torn up elbow.