The 2025 MVP race is QB-dominant, led by Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, with a growing case for Jalen Hurts. Voter fatigue and odds shopping loom large as bettors chase value. The piece flags Joe Burrow as a standout bet given his Elite-4 status and a loaded receiver corps in Cincinnati, while noting the media narrative around Lamar Jackson’s peak dual-threat upside and the need for efficient passing to seal the hardware again. It also emphasizes shopping odds across books, citing Jackson at +430 on FanDuel versus +550 elsewhere, underscoring market timing as a key edge. A detailed breakdown argues Burrow at +650 is the sharp call, supported by last season’s league-leading yardage and TD marks if those numbers repeat and Cincinnati makes a playoff push. The write-up also weaves in the broader landscape—Allen, Mahomes, Hurts and Stroud—as plausible contenders, with optional diversions to quarterbacks like Goff and Stafford and situational angles for non-QB sophisticates. It blends betting psychology with on-field context, offering a clear, DFS-and-season-long lens for fantasy players to gauge MVP bets and lineup decisions.