For the NFL bettor, Thanksgiving is a top-three day in any football season, right up there with Super Bowl Sunday and Championship Sunday – with a limited number of games to concentrate on and none running concurrently, it’s a fantastic time to turn your betting season lucrative.
On this Thanksgiving Day, the second of the NFL’s slate of three games has a line of
New York Giants -9½ at Dallas Cowboys, over/under 45½ points
NFLbets may be a bit early in calling the demise of the 2022 New York Giants, but we prefer to think of ourselves as getting ahead of the curve. The G-men have only recently stumbled a bit in going 1-2 SU/ATS – though the sole win was a mere 8-pointer over the Houston Texans, certainly the NFL’s worst team.
As with the Minnesota Vikings, the Giants have a whiff of smoke-and-mirrors about them and their 7-3 SU record. After all, their point differential is just +1 on the season, and about the only statistical category at which they’re truly impressive is tackles for loss, as the New York defense ranks no. 1. Otherwise, this is a seriously average team.
The question for the NFL bettor than becomes: Can the Cowboys put up enough points to cover a 9½-point spread? Dallas is no. 1 in points allowed and passing yardage allowed, the latter not necessarily too important against the Giants’ Daniel Jones-led offense. The Cowboys have twice laid 40-burgers on the opposition in the past four games and after week 1 have been good for 27.6 points per game, from which one can easily see how the oddsmakers derived the over/under line.
So NFLbets is just going to bet the football here. With the Cowboys on ascension and having won five of the past seven by 10 or more points, we’re riding the lone star wave. Take the Dallas Cowboys -10 vs the Giants and take the over on an O/U of 45½ points – and we know that’s a lot of points for these teams but, hey, it’s fun!
– written by Os Davis
Eagles cover the -7.5 spread and the total is under 48.
New York Giants play Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL playoffs on Saturday, January 21.
The Cowboys and 49ers meet for the second straight postseason. Both teams advanced out of Wild Card weekend with double digit victories. San Francisco had a slow start against the Seahawks, trailing by one at half, but won 41-23.
Dallas Cowboys lost to the 49ers in the Wild Card Round last year. They will play them in San Francisco on Sunday.
The San Francisco 49ers beat Seattle Seahawks 41-23. They will play Dallas Cowboys in the Divisional playoff round on Sunday, January 22nd at 3:30 pm PT (FOX). The 49er's are favored by 3.5 points.
Brett Maher missed four extra points in Dallas' 31-14 victory over Tampa Bay. The game's Over/Under closed at 45.5 at FOX Bet. If Maher had scored one extra point, the game would have ended with 45 points. Most of the bets were on Maher to earn more than 2. 5 extra-points. He finished 1-for-5. Jerry Jones said Dallas will not try to replace the kicker this week.
Dallas Cowboys beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-14 in the NFC Wild Card game. Dallas missed four extra-point attempts. Brett Maher missed all four of his extra points.
Dallas Cowboys beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-14 in the NFL playoff game. Brett Maher missed four extra points. Betting on the game was heavily skewed towards the over. Maher finished 1-for-5 on extra-points. Jerry Jones said Dallas won't replace him this week. BetMGM took a $480,000 bet for the total to fall under 46.5 points at -120 odds.
The New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles will play each other on Saturday, January 21st at Lincoln Financial Field. The Giants beat Minnesota 31-24 on Sunday. Philadelphia clinched the number one seed with a 22-16 home victory over New Jersey. Lane Johnson will not have surgery and hopes to play in this game. He is expected to start. New Yorkers have covered seven of their eight road games this season.
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