2024 NFL Draft best bets: Who will be the fourth overall pick?

Jess Root

Staff Writer

The 2024 NFL Draft is this week, beginning with the first round on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. While there isn't much intrigue with the first 3 selections of the draft, as quarterbacks are expected to be the first 3 picks, the fourth pick is where things get interesting. Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NFL Draft odds for NFL prospects and tab the best bets for who will be the No. 4 overall pick -- just one of many SportsbookWire's expert NFL picks and predictions.

The Arizona Cardinals own the fourth pick in the draft. They are in position to select the best non-quarterback. They could also trade out of the pick, as a quarterback-needy team could offer them a haul of current and future picks to move up. And the Cardinals did that last year, trading out of the third overall pick down to No. 12 overall and then moving back up to No. 6.

Will they stay where they are and pick one of the best receivers in the draft, or will they move back?

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2024 NFL Draft fourth overall pick odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 11:55 a.m. ET.

WR Marvin Harrison Jr.: -225 (bet $225 to win $100)
QB J.J. McCarthy: +200 (bet $100 to win $200)
QB Drake Maye: +800 (bet $100 to win $800)
QB Jayden Daniels: +1800 (bet $100 to win $1,800)
WR Malik Nabers: +1800 (bet $100 to win $1,800)
WR Rome Odunze: +5000 (bet $100 to win $5,000)
OL Joe Alt: +6600 (bet $100 to win $6,600)
LB Dallas Turner: +15000 (bet $100 to win $15,000)
TE Brock Bowers: +15000 (bet $100 to win $15,000)

For more odds: See BetMGM Sportsbook

The pick – MARVIN HARRISON JR. (-225)

The Cardinals have one of the worst groups of wide receivers in the NFL and made no significant moves in free agency to address the position. Harrison is the consensus No. 1 receiver in the draft class, as he is -800 to be the first receiver taken.

With 3 big-time receiver prospects in Harrison, Nabers (LSU) and Odunze (Washington) in the draft all expected to be drafted in the top 10, the most obvious quarterback-needy teams who might trade up (the Minnesota Vikings at No. 11, the Denver Broncos at No. 12 and the Las Vegas Raiders at No. 13) would put the Cardinals out of range to land any of them.

Staying put and selecting Harrison just makes too much sense for Arizona.

Contender – J.J. MCCARTHY (+200)

The Vikings have the most ammo to be able to move up in the draft with 2 first-round picks. However, the Cardinals aren't going to make a trade until they are on the clock, and the reason the Vikings would move up to draft McCarthy would be to get ahead of a team that they think wants to select him.

With the New York Giants at No. 6 overall, the fifth pick probably is the targeted spot, unless the Giants or another team tries to move up to the Cardinals' pick.

The Giants are a sleeper to trade up to the fourth pick and would only have to move up 2 spots. This would ensure the Cardinals can still select one of the top 3 receivers in the draft.

Contender – DRAKE MAYE (+800)

This isn't a crazy scenario. Here is how it would happen: Either the Washington Commanders (No. 2 pick) or the New England Patriots (No. 3) change things up and select McCarthy, leaving Maye to be the fourth quarterback selected.

If Maye is available, then someone will come up to the fourth pick.

Long shot – ROME ODUNZE (+5000)

All signs point to Harrison being the pick if the Cardinals remain at No. 4. However, Odunze reminds many of former Cardinals legend Larry Fitzgerald, which could sway Arizona's front office.

The Cardinals want size at receiver. If Harrison isn't the pick, the 6-foot-3 Odunze makes sense, as Nabers is 6-foot-1.

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