With sports gambling taking off around the globe, there are odds on just about everything these days, including ones on some things that make zero sense.

BetOnline.ag has New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning listed at 33/1.

For MVP, you ask? No, for Comeback Player of the Year. What?

Eli Manning is 33-1 to be the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year, according to @betonline_ag. Just curious: What exactly is he coming back from? He started 16 games last year, completed 66 percent of his passes, threw for 4,299 yards and 21 touchdowns. — Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoSNY) August 12, 2019

Ralph is right. What is Eli coming back from exactly?

The Comeback Player of the Year Award is given each year to the “player who has shown perseverance in overcoming adversity, in the form of not being in the NFL the previous year, a severe injury, or simply poor performance.”

A 4,000-yard passing performance is poor all of a sudden? His 4,299 yards passing were ninth-best in the NFL. Manning also was seventh in passes completed (380) and played all 16 games without sustaining so much as a scratch.

But, prop bets are popular and fake news is even more popular. Nothing was wrong with Manning other than he was behind a makeshift line that was unsettled until very late in the season. That affected his performance, but still he wasn’t on skid row.

Manning had a respectable 92.4 passer rating, which is just below the league average. He did complete 66% of his passes however, tying him for 17th in the league with Patrick Mahomes and just ahead of Tom Brady (65.8%).

I doubt anyone will vote for Manning in this category, especially with players such as Jimmy Garoppolo (4/1), Le’Veon Bell (4/1), Devonta Freeman (10/1) and Jason Witten (16/1) much more sensible and realistic choices.