NY Giants draft odds: Caleb Downs has entered the chat
Diving into the odds for the most likely selections with the fifth pick of the draft
Could Downs be the pick? | Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images There’s an old adage that when the Vegas books speak loudly and clearly, people should pay attention. If that’s not a real saying, it should be.
Abrupt and significant movements in published betting odds or lines usually mean something, and the odds for the fifth pick in the NFL draft – which is now only six days away – have had that kind of shift. As of Thursday night, two Ohio State defenders – LB Sonny Styles and S Caleb Downs – were tied (at +250) at the top of the odds board. On Tuesday, my most recent Pick 5 Odds Tracker column appeared here on the site.
Here’s what the FanDuel odds for Pick 5 looked like at the time: Ohio State LB Sonny Styles: +175 Miami OT Francis Mauigoa +440 Ohio State S Caleb Downs: +600 Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love: +600 Ohio State WR Carnell Tate: +800 LSU CB Mansoor Delane +2000 Utah OT Spencer Fano +2000 As noted above, on Thursday night, April 16, the odds for Downs had shot up, to where he was a co-favorite for the pick. But this market is fluid, and it doesn’t take much to move the numbers. Here’s what the odds show at noon on the morning of Friday, April 17: Ohio State LB Sonny Styles: +190 Ohio State S Caleb Downs: +250 Miami OT Francis Mauigoa +420 Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love: +650 Ohio State WR Carnell Tate: +1400 ASU WR Jordyn Tyson +1900 Utah OT Spencer Fano +2200 LSU CB Mansoor Delane +2700 Here are some quick takeaways from the latest odds: First and foremost, the rise of Downs is noteworthy.
He jumped from 6:1 to 2 ½:1 in just two days. From the beginning of this process, Big Blue has been seen as a logical landing spot for the Ohio State safety. New Head Coach John Harbaugh would love to get the Giants a version of Ravens’ defensive leader Kyle Hamilton, who Baltimore selected with the 14 th pick of the 2022 draft.