2025 NFL Futures Best Bets from Mike Somich:
We’ve officially wrapped up the first weekend of preseason NFL, and while I do not take too much into the results, I believe that some teams and players will tip their hand. With just under a month until the season starts, now is the time to attack MFL futures props and win totals if you have not started to build a portfolio already. Here are my favorites that I’ve added this week.
Bryce Young Over 3250.5 Passing Yards
I am not the highest analyst in the world on Bryce Young, but I do believe that he’s the player that we saw in the second half of the season last year over the prior results. After being re-inserted into the lineup last year, he averaged 226 yards per game through the air.
In the offseason, the Panthers added Tet McMillian to the passing attack. I am a believer in Legette in his second season, and you still have the old guard in place with Thielen to help this passing attack. What they did not add was any help on the defensive side of the ball.
Carolina will be in a game state all season that requires passing, and I believe in this passing game. Assuming no uptick in Young’s yard per game, he’d need 15 games to surpass 3250.5 yards. With a slight uptick to 250 yards per game, it would take just 13 games.
This is my favorite player prop on the board right now. We saw Young feed McMillian in Week 1 of the preseason, and if he’s truly a top-level weapon, then this is a frisky passing offense.
San Francisco 49ers Under 3.5 Division Wins
I have been trying to find a way to fade this 49ers team and their 10.5 season win total for a while, and this is the best way to do so. Outside of the division schedule, this is cupcake city for a San Francisco team that placed fourth in the division last year, but every team inside the division is better than last year, and each gave the 49ers issues.
Arizona’s defense is much improved, I believe Seattle takes a step forward in year 2 under MacDonald and new OC Kubiak, and the Rams could very well win this division. At 3-3 inside the division, the 49ers could still win this division and go Over 10.5 wins. I want to fade them against division foes instead of the schedule as a whole.
Kenneth Walker Over 875.5 Rushing Yards
Speaking of those Seahawks and the newly led Kubiak offense, it’s Kenneth Walker’s year. Health is the issue here, but with just 14 games, this number is achievable if you use past stats.
If you include the upgraded offensive line and new scheme, it should take closer to 10 games to eclipse this total. Kubiak is looking to install an outside zone run scheme that he has used with every team he has coached. In the past, that was Walker’s most effective run. His skill set is similar to Alvin Kamara’s in New Orleans, who feasted while the rest of the offense was healthy last year.
If this Seahawks team can run on the right side of the health variance, Walker is set to have a big season.
