Crossing Broad
Rejoice, friends, as the NFL regular season is nigh. It’s the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles vs. the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field, a night in which the Birds raise the banner while Jerry Jones watches from his luxury box, flanked, perhaps, by the traitorous Chris Christie.
We shall see.
The return of professional football brings with it the robustness of legal sports betting, in which we are given a treasure trove of odds and props to sift through ahead of primetime. Now we lock in, focus, and dive into the bet365 offerings to identify five of the best plays for this NFC East showdown.
Dak regularly chucks the ball against the Eagles. In his last three games against the Birds, he’s thrown 44, 39, and 35 passes. The same Dak who threw the ball 590 times in 2023 and was on pace for a similar number before his 2024 injury.
Throw in the fact that the strength of this Cowboys team looks to be the passing game. They have CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, and Jake Ferguson in the fold, so it feels like they’re going to go to those three guys with frequency. Additionally, there’s no bona fide star running back among the group of Javonte Williams, Jaydon Blue, and Miles Sanders, so it’s plausible that the Eagles limit the run and force Dallas to throw it anyway.
The only way this possibly goes sideways is if the Eagles enjoy so much success with Saquon Barkley that they dominate time of possession and limit Dallas drive opportunities. Otherwise, it feels like a good play.
bet: Dak Prescott over 36.5 passing attempts at -110
Until further notice, this is an auto-bet at PA sports betting apps. We play it every time the Eagles take the field.
Jalen Hurts ATD hit 13 times in 20 games last season, playoffs included, which is good for a ridiculous 65% success rate. And the price has never gone any lower than -175 or -180, at least not that I’ve seen. As long as the tush push is legal, this should be in your slip.
bet: Hurts anytime touchdown scorer at -120
This is similar to Hurts ATD because it hit 14 times in 20 games. That’s 70%. We bet it until we have a reason not to, such as an Eagles odds shift or hard turn from the bookmakers.
Last season, Saquon ran the ball 31 times for 167 yards in the Week 17 home game vs. The Cowboys. He only had 66 yards in the Dallas road game, but that was with 14 carries, as he was banged up trying to recover a loose ball and then the Birds pulled the starters anyway. He wound up averaging 4.7 yards per carry with a limited workload.
bet: Barkley over 95.5 rushing yards at -125
