Dallas Cowboys (2-3) vs Carolina Panthers (1-4) Dallas<\/strong><\/p>\n Dallas is in last place in the NFC East so it has only taken 5 games for things to ride off the rails. \u00a0Last week they came off their bye week with a spirited loss (with ATS cover) at Baltimore and they desperately need this one because the next three games will be very tough: \u00a0@Giants, @Falcons and home to Philadelphia. \u00a0This team has talent but makes way too many costly mistakes. \u00a0I also don\u2019t like the coach.<\/p>\n Dallas is 6th in yards but just 24th in points so clearly there is a disconnect. \u00a0There is plenty of blame to go around but you have to start in the pivot with Tony Romo. \u00a0Romo has more interceptions than TDs which makes it tough to play winning football. \u00a0It also puts their defense in tough spots as evidenced by the fact that they are second in yards allowed while 20th in points allowed. \u00a0The numbers just don\u2019t add up but it is Dallas.<\/p>\n Based on talent level the Cowboys should be able to come into Charlotte and get a victory on Sunday. \u00a0If they do they should easily cover the number and it wouldn\u2019t surprise me to see a blowout because Carolina is not all that good. \u00a0Still you have to be leary of the Cowboys who could just as easily lay an egg (we have seen it before). \u00a0If you are going to bet them do it sooner rather than later for maximum value.[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n The promise of last year\u2019s season hasn\u2019t really played out in 2012. \u00a0Cam Newton hasn\u2019t looked as sharp and the defense which was supposed to be reinforced by the draft and players returning from injury hasn\u2019t been all that good either. \u00a0The only positive note so far was a surprising win hosting New Orleans in week 2. \u00a0Though that might have backfired in terms of setting up some expectations that were hard to live up to.<\/p>\n The Panthers are as close to a one man team as their is in the NFL. \u00a0Cam Newton is a beast but his passing has been off this year and they are probably running him too much – he leads the team in rushing. \u00a0Newton may have to scramble even more than expected now that All-Pro centre Ryan Kalil has been placed on IR. \u00a0Linebacker Jon Beason is also not likely to suit up, weakening an already limping defense.<\/p>\n Carolina had a bye last week so maybe they come out more focused and ready than we have seen this season…its possible. \u00a0Still they are going to have a hard time stopping the Cowboys while their own attack does not command much respect. \u00a0Newton is always the wild card, able to make the kind of plays to win games and steal covers when least expected. \u00a0If you like the Panthers at least wait until it jumps to 3…it will.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Dallas -2.5 Cowboys vs Panthers NFL Football Spread\/Handicapping Dallas Cowboys (2-3) vs Carolina Panthers (1-4) Sunday October 21 Bank of America Stadium – Charlotte, NC 1:00PM Moneyline: \u00a0Dallas -133, Carolina +115 Spread: \u00a0Dallas -2.5 O\/U: \u00a046 Dallas Dallas is in last place in the NFC East so it has only taken 5 games for things to ride […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":29909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56390"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56437,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56390\/revisions\/56437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSunday October 21
\nBank of America Stadium – Charlotte, NC
\n1:00PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Dallas -133, Carolina +115
\nSpread: \u00a0Dallas -2.5
\nO\/U: \u00a046<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nO\/U Pick: \u00a046
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Dallas 30 – Carolina 19<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"