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NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year odds: Jayden Daniels, Caleb Williams in two-horse race

One-third of the way through the NFL season, Jayden Daniels and Caleb Williams are locked in a tight Offensive 🐷Rookie of the Year race. 

The pair of first-year quarterbacks are sitting in the𝔉 top two on most major sports🎃books’ odds boards for the award — and it’s not particularly close. 

Daniels, who is off to a historic start for the Commanders, is currently a -190 favorite to win the award at FanDuel Sportsbook

Williams, who is being overshadowed❀ by his peer in Washington, D.C., despite a strong first six games of his NFL careeꦓr, isn’t far behind at +155. 

Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers is 14/1 — but🌜 no other player is better than 40/1 to win the award. 

Leading the Commanders to a surprising♏ 4-2 start, Daniels🦂 is putting up eye-popping numbers. 

Quarterback Jayden Daniels #5 of the Washington Commanders rushes with the ball against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on October 13, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Quarterback Jayden Daniels of the Washington Commanders rushes with the ball against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on October 13, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Getty Images

Through six games, he’s thrown for 1,404 yards with six touchdowns, two interceptions and a league-best 75.3 completion rate.&nbs𝔉p;

Daniels has also been excellen🎃t on the ground, rushing for four touchdowns and 322 yards. 

Amazingly, Williams isn’t far behind.

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams throws during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Houston.
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams throws during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Houston. AP

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He has 1,317 yards throꦆugh the air and nine touchdown passes, although he’s thrown more interceptions (5) and has a much lower completion rate (65.3). 

The Bears are off to a goo𓆏d start as well, sitting at 4-2 heading into their bye we🔯ek. 

As the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and one of th✨e most hypꩲed quarterback prospects in recent history, Williams opened the season as a heavy favorite to win the award.

The Bears and Commanders play in Week 8 in a game that could heavily infl𒉰uence who ultimately wins the award.