We are officially one month out from the NFL Draft in Kansas City, and America's sportsbooks are slowly rolling out more markets.
While odds for the “number one pick” — more on that in a moment — have been out for months, the rest of the board has been slow to follow. Generally speaking, the final two weeks will see a meteoric rise in offerings, but roll back the calendar a few years, and the books were a little bit looser in releasing props earlier.'
But beggars can't be choosers, and you get what you get and you don't get upset, and … anyone holding C.J. Stroud tickets to go number one are not exactly begging and/or upset at this juncture in time. Long the second favorite to go first at odds at +300 or above, Stroud's stock rose immediately after the Carolina Panthers secured the rights to the first pick through a trade with the Chicago Bears.
Currently, the best price for Stroud is at Caesars Sportsbook, where the Ohio State product is at -270. He's all the way up to -400 at Barstool and the Kambi books, so the lesson, as usual, is: always be line shopping.