NFC East Game Previews- Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys
Date/Time: Monday, Sept.26 8:30 p.m. (ET)
Venue: Cowboys Stadium, Arlington. TX
Broadcast: ESPN
Redskins @ Cowboys lines by BetOnline.com
Point spread: Cowboys -5.5
Over/Under: OFF
The Washington Redskins will look to put some early distance between themselves and the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC East when the two square-off under the prime-time lights at Cowboy Stadium on Monday Night Football. Game time is set for 8:30 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
Washington is off to a surprising 2-0 start and currently sits alone in first-place in the division with the other three teams knotted at 1-1. The Redskins up-ended another division rival, the Giants, 28-14 on opening day as 2.5-point home underdogs and squeaked by Arizona 22-21 as 4.5-point home favorites this past Sunday. The total went ‘over’ the 39.5-point line against New York, but stayed ‘under’ the 44.5-point line against the Cardinals.
Rex Grossman has stayed true so far on his prediction that the Redskins would win the division despite their +2000 odds by directing an offense that has been perfectly balanced between the pass and the run. Washington is averaging 270.5 yards per game through the air and 123 yards a game on the ground.
Tony Romo was goat in Dallas’s 27-24 loss to the New York Jets as a 6.5-point road underdog after two fourth quarter turnovers cost his team the game. Last week he was the hero after leading the Cowboys to a fourth-quarter comeback in a 27-24 overtime victory over San Francisco as three-point home favorites despite breaking a rib that actually punctured his lung. Both games went ‘over’ the total. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
While it appears that Romo will be able to start on Monday night, the line on this game is currently ‘OFF’ until it is made official. Even if he cannot go and John Kitna gets the start, Dallas has some other injury concerns in its receiving corps with Miles Austin definitely out and Dez Bryant questionable with a bruised thigh. Running back Felix Jones and cornerback Terrence Newman are also listed as questionable for this one.
The Redskins are 7-2 ATS in their last nine games against the Cowboys overall and a perfect 4-0 ATS in its last four trips to Big D. The total has stayed ‘under’ in four of the last five meetings, but has gone ‘over’ in three of the last five games in Dallas.
Regardless of Romo’s status, this is shaping up as another three-point game for the Cowboys, so if the line creeps higher than that, take the Redskins and the points.
The Pick: Dallas 23 Washington 20
