The Cowboys saw their slim playoff hopes officially come to an end late Sunday afternoon in a 21-12 loss to Seattle as 4.5-point favorites at home. The loss dropped their straight-up record to 8-7 and they are an even 7-7-1 against the spread after failing to cover in five of their last seven games. The total stayed UNDER 47 points in Sunday’s loss and it has stayed UNDER in seven of their last eight outings. Dallas is 4-2-1 ATS in seven previous road games this season.
With nothing to play for but pride, Dallas will look to regain that sense of flow on offense that quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott were able to create last season and into the early part of this year’s schedule. Many NFL experts will point to Elliott’s six-game absence due to a league suspension as the reason for this season’s collapse, but this duo did not look all that dynamic against a highly depleted Seahawks’ defense in Elliott’s return to the starting lineup in Week 16.
The Eagles have been able to squeeze out a pair of victories in the absence of starting quarterback Carson Wentz to lockup the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Monday night’s 19-10 victory against Oakland moved their SU record to 13-2, but after failing to cover as a 10-point home favorite, Philadelphia fell to 10-5 ATS. It has failed to cover in two of its last three contests and the total has stayed UNDER in four of its last six games. The Eagles will try and run the table at home SU and they are still a profitable 5-2 ATS this season on their home field.
It remains to be seen how much work Philadelphia’s starters get in this game with home field advantage throughout the playoffs already secured. Head coach Doug Pederson has already hinted that he might even give third-string quarterback Nate Sudfeld the start even though backup Nick Foles could use the reps in place of the injured Wentz. This game is still a bitter rivalry between whichever players are on this field so it should remain competitive deep into the second half.
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Dallas at Philadelphia Game Betting Trends
- The Cowboys have gone 4-1 ATS in their last five division games and they are 4-1-1 ATS in their last six games played on the road. The total has stayed UNDER in five of their last seven games against the NFC East.
- The Eagles are 5-2 ATS against their last seven NFC East opponents and they have covered in four of their last five games against a team with a SU winning record. The total has gone OVER in 11 of their last 14 division games.
- Head-to-head in this division tilt, the road team is 9-3 ATS in the last 12 meetings and the total has stayed UNDER in six of the last eight meetings in Philadelphia.
