Los Angeles Rams defensive end Aaron Donald (99) Los Angeles Rams nose tackle Ndamukong Suh (93) and Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (16) after overtime of the NFL football NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in New Orleans. The Rams won 26-23.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Los Angeles Rams defensive end Aaron Donald (99) Los Angeles Rams nose tackle Ndamukong Suh (93) and Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (16) after overtime of the NFL football NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in New Orleans. The Rams won 26-23.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Associated Press

Odds boost: Will Aaron Donald be Defensive Player of the Year? It can get you +900 at Parx today – Mark Eckel analyzes

After winning in 2017 and 2018, can the Ram do it again?

Thursday the Parx Casino website on-line football special is another long-term future bet that is pretty interesting.

Here’s the bet: Will Aaron Donald be the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year? The odds are +900 (9-1), up from +750. That means a bet of $100 would get you back $900. Or, on a smaller scale, a bet of $10 would win you $90.

Donald, the Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle, won the award in both 2017 and 2018 before New England’s Stephen Gilmore won the award last season.

While it’s not generally a smart bet to pick one player out of an entire field to win an award. This bet isn’t a bad one, especially at those odds.

Donald is just 28 years old and last year when he did not win the award he arguably had a better year than in ’17 when he did win it.

Last season Donald had 12 1/2 sacks, 20 tackles for a loss, forced two fumbles and recovered one. In 2017, he had 11 sacks, 15 tackles for a loss, forced five fumbles and recovered one.

This will be Donald’s third season under the six-year, $135 million contract he signed in August, 2018. His first two years he showed no signs of slippage or being comfortable. So why not risk a few bucks at 9-1.

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