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Cowboys try to add to Giants losing skid Sunday
By: Zach Cohen - StatFox
Published: 11/23/2014  at  5:20:00 AM
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DALLAS COWBOYS (7-3)
at NEW YORK GIANTS (3-7)

Kickoff: Sunday, 8:30 p.m. ET
Line: Dallas -3, Total: 47.5

The well-rested Cowboys look for their eighth win of the season when they visit the reeling Giants on Sunday night.

Here is the BetDSI Sportsbook betting preview for this matchup:

Dallas has lost two of its past three games, but did pick up a 31-17 win in London versus Jacksonville before last week's bye. New York lost its fifth straight game (SU and ATS) last week by a 16-10 score to San Francisco in a contest where Eli Manning threw for five interceptions. The Cowboys have won-and-covered in three straight and four of the last five of this head-to-head series. When these teams met last month on Oct. 19, QB Tony Romo threw for 279 yards with three touchdowns and just one interception in a 31-21 home victory. Since 2009, the home team is 4-7 (SU and ATS) in this series. Four straight meetings and eight of the past 10 overall have finished Over the total when these teams play. The Giants are just 29-53 ATS in Weeks 10 through 13 since 1992 and are up against a Dallas team that is 12-3 ATS in road games after a bye week in that span. However, Dallas is 11-24 ATS in road games after outrushing an opponent by 75+ yards in that time as well. DT Cullen Jenkins (calf), LB Jacquian Williams (concussion) and OT Justin Pugh (quad) are all questionable for the Giants, while the Cowboys are concerned with two questionable defenders in LB Rolando McClain (knee) and DE Tyrone Crawford (knee).

Can the Giants end their long losing skid against their division rival? For the answer, connect to NFL Best Bets for all the StatFox Experts picks throughout the 2014 regular season and playoffs. The experts have remained hot over the past nine weeks, combining for a 58% ATS mark (80-59). StatFox Scott is 67% ATS (24-12) in Best Bets during this timeframe, and 61% ATS (27-17) on the season. StatFox Dave is 59% ATS (23-16) in Best Bets during these nine weeks to improve to 55% ATS (27-22) on the season, while StatFox Brian continues to roll in NFL Totals with a strong 64% record (21-12) for the season. StatFox Gary is 6-1 ATS in his past two weeks of NFL Best Bets.

The Cowboys are coming off their bye week, which means they should have had plenty of time to prepare for this game. QB Tony Romo (2,244 pass yards, 18 TD, 6 INT) is coming off one of his best games of the season, a 246-yard, 3-TD effort against the Jaguars in London. Romo is 8-7 SU is 15 career starts versus New York, and has thrown for 2,561 yards (285 per game), 21 TD and 9 INT in the past nine meetings. WR Dez Bryant (56 rec, 793 yards, 8 TD) had his best game of the year in London, catching six passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Jacksonville. Although he's gone six straight meetings in this series without a touchdown catch, Bryant did have nine receptions for 151 yards in the win over New York in Week 7. RB DeMarco Murray (1,233 rush yards, 7 TD) rushed for 128 yards (4.6 YPC) and a touchdown in that win over the Giants, which was one of nine 100-yard rushing efforts this season. But since that game, the Cowboys have made a conscious effort to decrease Murray's workload, by giving him exactly 19 carries in each of the past three games. This Dallas defense forced three turnovers and held the Jaguars to just 333 total yards last game, and ranks 15th in total defense (348.8 YPG allowed) this season, thanks in large part to the fifth-fewest time of possession (28:19). The Cowboys rank tied for 12th in rushing defense (109.0 YPG allowed) and 14th in passing defense (239.8 YPG allowed). It would be a big loss, however, if they do not have LB Rolando McClain (44 tackles, 2 INT) in this one.

After four straight double-digit losses, the Giants had a chance to take a lead with under five minutes to play last week, but QB Eli Manning threw his fifth interception of the game on 4th & goal. In a season in which he’s limited his turnovers significantly, Manning (2,495 pass yards, 18 TD, 11 INT) looked like the player he was last year with five picks against a somewhat depleted 49ers defense. He’ll need to turn things around and take much better care of the football in this one, and should have success considering his 2,023 passing yards (289 per game), 15 TD and 5 INT in his past seven meetings in this series. This includes his 248 passing yards (7.5 YPA), 3 TD and 0 INT in the Week 7 meeting. The Giants’ receivers did their jobs in the loss to San Francisco last week, as WR Rueben Randle (50 rec, 521 yards, 2 TD) caught seven passes for 112 yards and WR Odell Beckham Jr. (31 rec, 463 yards, 3 TD) grabbed six receptions for 93 yards in the loss. RB Rashad Jennings (455 rush yards, 2 TD) rushed for 59 yards on 18 carries in his return from a sprained MCL last week, and needs to help balance this offense that has rushed for a mere 79.4 yards per contest during their five-game losing skid. The Giants defense had given up 34.0 PPG on 456.0 total YPG during these first four losses, but held the 49ers to just 16 points and 333 total yards last week.


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