NFL Parlay of the Week
The two dominating bets in Week 15 of the NFL season were underdogs and overs. Of the 16 games on the schedule, the underdog won eight games straight-up and covered against the spread in two other contests.
The total went OVER in 10 of 16 games as well. After cashing-in on last week’s NFL parlay, I have already dug deep into the numbers for all of this Sunday’s matchups to uncover a couple of gems that come together perfectly for this week’s parlay based on lines provided by [dfads params=’groups=63740&limit=1&return_javascript=0′].
Game 1- Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins
Pointspread: Dallas -2.5
Total Line: 53
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Dallas continues to have its issues in the month of December with a 45-28 loss to Chicago as a two-point road underdog followed by last Sunday’s complete second-half collapse in a 37-36 loss to Green Bay as a four-point favorite at home.
Despite these two losses the 7-7 Cowboys can still win the NFC East with a victory in their last two games. Getting one against Philadelphia in Week 17 could be an issue, but they definitively get a break playing the Redskins this Sunday.
Last season’s NFC East champs fell out of the running to repeat pretty early in the season.
Coming into this divisional battle, 3-11 Washington has now lost its last six games. Kirk Cousins took over the reins at quarterback for an ineffective Robert Griffin III last Sunday, but the results were still the same.
The Redskins’ defense is easily one of the worst in the league and it is in prime position to get victimized again against a Dallas team that still knows how to put points on the board. Take the Cowboys to easily cover the 2.5 points on the road in the front end of this parlay.
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Game 2- New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers
Pointspread: Carolina -3
Total Line: 46.5
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If the Saints could play all their games at home they would probably be undefeated.
Instead, they are a perfect 7-0 straight-up at home and 3-4 SU on the road. This trend is actually getting worse with last Sunday’s 27-16 road loss to St. Louis as 6.5-point favorites. New Orleans is averaging 25.6 points a game this season but that number drops to 18.4 points in seven previous road games.
The Saints have failed to cover in six of those seven games played on the road.
Carolina bounced back from a 31-13 beatdown as a three-point road underdog in a Week 14 visit to the Superdome with a 30-20 victory over the New York Jets last Sunday as a 10-point home favorite.
It is now 9-1 SU in its last 10 games with a 7-2-1 record ATS.
Cam Newton continues to do a good job directing the Panthers’ offense, but the core strength of this team is a defense that is ranked in the top five in the league in almost every major category including second in points allowed (14.9).
Look for Carolina to return the favor this Sunday by shutting down Drew Brees and Co. to easily cover the three points.
