NFL Betting — Can Dallas Deal With Oakland’s New “Dynamic Duo”?
The Dallas Cowboys are in a dogfight with the Philadelphia Eagles for “supremacy” in the NFC East. On Thursday they will tangle with the Oakland Raiders, whose playoff hopes have just faded, in NFL betting action for Thanksgiving afternoon, beginning at 4:30 PM ET at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX.
The Cowboys are a solid 8-3 against the pro football pointspread. Oakland is now 4-7 straight-up; if they had been able to beat Tennessee last week they would have been among a group of teams with 5-6 records, and would have actually had a tie-breaker edge for a wild card. Instead, they have to hope that a lot of teams lose, while winning out themselves. The Raiders are 6-5 against the football lines.
In the NFL betting odds that have been placed on this game by BetAnySports, the Cowboys are favored by more than a touchdown:
NFL Betting Odds Courtesy of BetAnySports USA Online Sportsbook
Dallas Cowboys -8.5
Oakland Raiders +8.5
Over 48.5 Points -110
Under 48.5 Points -110
The Cowboys had a very strange series of games recently. They knocked Nick Foles out of the game against the Eagles, then intercepted Matt Barkley three times in the fourth quarter of a 17-3 win over Philadelphia, and everybody was talking about their defense. Then they collapsed late against Detroit, losing in the final seconds (31-30) and had to really scramble at home to beat the sagging Minnesota Vikings. NFL bettors saw them absolutely roll over for the New Orleans Saints, giving up more than 600 yards and 40 first downs, which set an NFl record, in a 49-17 defeat. And last week, in a game against a New York Giant team that had won four games in a row, they played well, allowing “only” 356 yards and winning on a Dan Bailey field goal as time ran out.
This team still gives up a lot of yards (432 per game), allowing 22 TD’s through the air and 5.1 yards per rush attempt. That should be a red flag for pro football bettors analyzing the NFL lines at BetAnySports.
That’s because Oakland has been getting some very serviceable quarterbacking from Matt McGloin, who has thrown four TD’s in two games and has a road win under his belt (against the Houston Texans) and great production from Rashad Jennings, who spent some years with Jacksonville, where he didn’t have a whole lot of success, but may have found a home in Oakland, where he has been filling in for Darren McFadden and has now produced more yards from scrimmage (rushing & receiving combined) than any other running back in the league.
Now McFadden is returning from his hamstring problem, and if the Raiders have him for spot duty, that provides excellent reinforcement. NFL bettors know that against a team like Dallas, which is defensively-challenged, this could be a winning formula for a team that is a +350 underdog in the pro football money lines for this game.
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CHARLES JAY grew up around the gaming business, was raised in the boxing business, and along the way has developed a colorful background through a wide range of experiences. Jay was a veteran of almost two decades actively in the boxing industry, as a writer, publicist, matchmaker, booking agent, manager, and promoter. He was engaged as editorial consultant for USA Network's "Tuesday Night Fights" for seven years, and also did some on-air work for USA. He also served as color commentator for, among others, Sunshine Network and Prime Network, and has called more than a dozen world championship fights for national and/or international television. He has been the host of numerous radio programs, including "Sportswatch with Charles Jay" on KDWN in Las Vegas, "Total Action" on WAXY 790 in Miami, and "Charles Jay's Winning Edge", syndicated into 55 markets by the American Radio Networks. For the past 20 years, he has been a professional sports handicapper, and as a consultant to the casino industry from 1993-95, helped to launch Casino Magic in Mississippi as a major venue for sports promotions. Also, he's been a casino/sports gaming columnist for a number of leading publications, including Sports Form, Casino Player, Card Player, and The Gambler. In the 2000's, he became widely known as one of the world's leading proponents and experts on the subject of boxing reform, having been asked to appear on numerous panels and speak at officials' seminars. He was the author of "Operation Cleanup" and "Operation Cleanup 2: Unfinished Business" - two critically-acclaimed e-books that represent arguably the most comprehensive and in-depth examination of boxing reform issues ever put into publication. In 2004 he published a third electronic book - "Body Shots: Outside the Ring and Inside the Game of Pro Boxing". In 2003 he was the recipient of the "Dignity" Award, in the category of "Best Sports Writer," as bestowed by the Retired Boxers Foundation.
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