Posted
on 11/03/2007 12:50 PM
By: CappersPicks.com NFL Football Handicapping
Staff
Sunday Night Football
Preview - NFL Football Betting - Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Dallas Cowboys
(6-1) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (3-4)
Sunday, November
4th --- Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
--- 8:15pm EST
Opening NFL betting
line: Dallas -3 (46)
Lost in the
madness of the tilt between the Patriots
and Colts this season is Terrell Owens’ return to Philadelphia on
Sunday Night Football. Despite Philadelphia’s
woes all season, they have always brought
the noise when it comes to playing Dallas.
Philadelphia is 7-3 SU against Dallas,
including two victories against them last
year.
Dallas Offense vs. Philadelphia Defense
Dallas needs to take the crowd out of
this game by running Marion Barber III
and Julius Jones as much as possible. The
Philadelphia rush defense ranks eighth
in the league, giving up 90.4 yards per
game but Marion Barber runs like a man
possessed gaining 5.7 yards per carry.
He will be well rested after coming off
a bye week.
Philadelphia is mediocre against the pass,
and will face Tony Romo who recently signed
a contract extension and celebrated by
dancing with Britney Spears. Not sure if
the latter is a good thing or a bad thing,
but he will have his way against a Philadelphia
defense that can get blown up in pass coverage.
Terrell Owens will draw too much attention
from the defense, freeing up lanes for
Jason Witten and Patrick Crayton to expose
for scores. Dallas has the third best passing
offense in the league, and the crowd in
Philly will fail to rattle the calm Tony
Romo.
The problem for Philly will be getting
speed around the edges of the huge offensive
line of Dallas. They simply have not been
eating up teams in the backfield like you
would expect from an Eagles defense. On
top of that, they have only generated eight
turnovers, which is second worst in the
NFC.
Philadelphia Offense vs. Dallas Defense
Donavan McNabb is getting healthier as
the season goes on, which can only mean
good things for the Eagles. The problem
is that his offensive line is still slow,
old and getting overwhelmed by good defensive
lines. And there is nobody fiercer up front
than the DeMarcus Ware and the front-seven
of Dallas.
Dallas only
gives up 87.0 rushing yards and holds
teams to a 208.9 passing yards on the
game. Their biggest challenge will be
holding Brian Westbrook, who is a deadly
playmaker averaging 4.9 yards per carry.
The gameplan will be to stop Westbrook,
because the Eagles get grounded easily
if Westbrook can’t get going. Dallas
needs the speed to keep up with Westbrook
and, at the very least, slow him down from
being too much of a threat.
The New York Giants showed the perfect
game plan against the Eagles, breaking
through for twelve sacks. Dallas has the
speed and size up front to make life a
living hell for McNabb, who still lacks
any speed or strength to get away from
the pass rush. The Eagles play terribly
when McNabb gets rattled and Dallas can
get in his head and frustrate him all day
long.
NFL Betting Trends
-Dallas is 5-2 ATS this season
-Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 road games
-Total has gone UNDER in 8 of Philadelphia
last 11 games
-Philadelphia is 4-2 ATS in their last
six home games against Dallas
Final Verdict
The distance
between the Cowboys and the rest of the
teams in the NFC is massive. They are
a deadly team on the ground and through
the air. Dallas is also undefeated on
the road and Philadelphia has dropped
two of three matches in Lincoln Financial
already. Expect Owens to have a big game
in Philly as Dallas plays with confidence
and urgency coming off their bye week.
Philadelphia is a yo-yo team, and they
won last weekend which only spells D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R
this weekend against the NFC’s best
team.
NFL Free Pick: Dallas 34 Philadelphia
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