NY GIANTS (4 - 2) at DALLAS (1 - 4)
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DALLAS is 70-47 ATS (+18.3 Units) in home games against conference opponents since 1992.
Head-to-Head Series History
NY GIANTS is 3-1 against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
NY GIANTS is 3-1 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NY GIANTS vs. DALLAS
NY Giants are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of the NY Giants last 11 games
Dallas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Dallas's last 16 games
NY GIANTS at DALLAS
NY GIANTS: 6-0 OVER versus division opponents
DALLAS: 15-3 ATS in home games after having lost 3 out of their last 4
NFL Tech Trends - Week 7
By Bruce Marshall
NY GIANTS at DALLAS...Giants won and covered both meetings LY and 4 of last 5 in series. Last 2 and 5 of last 7 "over" in series. Wade Phillips 0-2 vs. line at home TY, also "over" first 2 as host. Giants "over" 6-3 on road since LY and "over" 14-7 last 21 overall. Tech edge-"Over" and Giants, based on "totals" and team trends.
Week 7 MNF
Giants (4-2) @ Cowboys (1-4) - These celebration penalties are a problem for Dallas; in their last three losses, they lost field position battle by 13-15-19 yards, which is a lot!!! Dallas lost four of last five series games; average total in last nine series tilts is surprisingly high 51.8. Over their last 12 visits here, Giants went LWLWLWLWLWLW, so if that holds, Dallas wins. Immature Cowboys got another 15-yard penalty after a TD last week, then allowed kick return for TD to open second half, last time they led in game- they’re 0-2 at home, giving up 30.5 ppg. Giants won last three games, allowing just 11 ppg (three TDs on 38 drives); over last 20 years, they’re 4-2 vs. spread as a pre-bye dog. Giants have eight takeaways in their last three games (+2).
Gridiron Angles - Week 7
By Vince Akins
Giants at Cowboys - The Giants are 9-0 ATS (17.1 ppg) since September 21, 1992 when they scored 21+ points and failed to cover by less than three points last game. The Cowboys are 10-0-1 ATS (7.4 ppg) since November 02, 2003 as a favorite after a straight up loss as a dog. The Cowboys are 0-7 ATS (-11.5 ppg) since September 15, 1997 at home vs a divisional opponent on Monday Night Football. The Cowboys are 0-8 OU (-13.4 ppg) since November 28, 1996 as a favorite when facing a divisional opponent that has a better record. The Cowboys are 0-7 OU (-8.1 ppg) since September 24, 1989 the week after as a dog in which they attempted at least ten fewer passes than their season-to-date average. The Cowboys are 0-6 OU (-12.2 ppg) since December 30, 2007 when their opponent is on a 3+ game winning streak.
Giants at Cowboys: What Bettors Need to Know
By Steve Merril
ODDS
The Cowboys are 3 to 3.5-point favorites at different sportsbooks and the oddsmakers are more content to adjust the moneyline associated with the pointspread than to move on and off the key number. Since favorites win by exactly 3 points nearly 10-percent of the time, some sportsbooks have Dallas -3 -125, while others have the Cowboys -3.5 +105.
The over/under line has held steady all week at 44.5, even though 70 percent of the public is supporting the over according to the Covers.com consensus.
INJURY REPORT
Dallas offensive guard Kyle Kosier will not play Monday as Kosier suffered a strained right Achilles on the last drive of the first half of the Minnesota game. Montrae Holland will start at left guard while Kosier is sidelined. Holland also started the season opener against Washington.
Dallas wide receiver Dez Bryant (ankle), linebacker Bradie James (knee), right tackle Marc Colombo (knee) and center Andre Gurode (knee) all practiced Saturday and are listed as probable.
For the Giants, fullback Madison Hedgecock (hamstring) and defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka (neck) are out. Receiver Hakeem Nicks (hamstring) and defensive ends Justin Tuck (ankle) and Osi Umenyiora (knee) are all probable.
NOT IN OUR HOUSE
Jerry Jones and his Cowboys opened their spectacular $1.2 billion stadium in a national spotlight game against the New York Giants last September. The grand-opening festivities didn’t go as planned after the Giants beat the Cowboys 33-31.
After the win, quarterback Eli Manning went into the visitor's locker room and wrote his name on the wall. He added the date and score, and added this line: ‘First win in the new stadium.’
After learning of Manning’s penmanship, Dallas linebacker Bradie James said last year, “We won’t forget that.”
When pressed about it, Manning made the excuse that somebody in the Cowboys’ organization asked him to do it. He has since confessed that he made that up, and that isn’t sitting too well with the Cowboys.
”It wasn’t anybody from our organization that asked him,” head coach Wade Phillips said. “Things come back around in this league. I respect the team we play. That’s the way I approach the game and I expect our players to do the same thing.”
ORDERS FROM THE OWNER
Dallas comes into this game at just 1-4 straight-up. The Cowboys’ season is hanging on by a thread and there is a lot of tension inside of America’s Team. Owner Jerry Jones has always been a hands-on type and, with the season on the verge of disaster, Jones gave his team a simple message on Monday.
”Put up or shut up,” Jones said. “You guys, we have everything in place. I’ve made the team sort of what it is right now. Everyone is playing well on this team, but the way we are playing is (selfish), undisciplined. We have got to find some way to stop being our own Achilles’ heel and win some games.”
DeMarcus Ware sees that the team as focused saying there’s more of a sense of urgency.
Coach Phillips agrees: “We practiced with a lot of determination. I see resolve. I see a lot of willpower, guys wanting to do the right thing.”
MR. OCTOBER
Giants quarterback Eli Manning has owned the month of October since coming into the league back in 2004. He is 19-4 as a starter in October, good for a .826 winning percentage. Manning’s October record is better than any quarterback in NFL history with at lease 20 starts since the Super Bowl era began back in 1967.
To put Manning’s record into perspective, look at some of the records of the current, upper-echelon quarterbacks in the NFL: Tom Brady (25-8, .757), Philip Rivers (8-10, .444), Ben Roethlisberger (17-5, .772), Brett Favre (37-29, .560) and Peyton Manning (33-14, .702).
”It’s about being prepared,” Manning said. “It’s about being ready for situations that are thrown at you. A lot of times you make your own luck or make your own bad luck.”
MNF - Giants at Cowboys
By Kevin Rogers
The most balanced division talent-wise in the NFL is the NFC East this season, as two rivals will wrap up Week 7. The Cowboys are beyond desperation mode at 1-4, while the Giants invade the Lone Star State coming off three consecutive wins. Dallas had high hopes for an NFC Championship, but the Cowboys may not finish higher than the third in the NFC East.
The Cowboys entered their bye week at 1-2 after blowing out cross-state rival Houston in Week 3 by a 27-13 count. Wade Phillips' team figured the tables were turning, but Dallas stubbed its toe at home in Week 5 to Tennessee, 34-27, despite outgaining the Titans by 190 yards. Following an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on a touchdown celebration, Dallas allowed Tennessee to break a 27-27 tie thanks to a short Chris Johnson score in the final five minutes.
Dallas was in another must-win situation at Minnesota last week, as the Cowboys led the desperate Vikings, 14-7 at halftime. Percy Harvin's kickoff return for a touchdown to start the second half helped ignite Minnesota, which took a 21-14 advantage into the fourth quarter after Adrian Peterson barreled in the end zone from one yard out. Following a Tony Romo touchdown pass to rookie Dez Bryant to even the game at 21-21, Ryan Longwell's 38-yard field goal with four minutes remaining was the difference in a 24-21 victory by Minnesota.
The Giants looked like a train-wreck following consecutive losses to the Colts and Titans, but Tom Coughlin's club bounced back nicely with three straight victories. New York finished off this hot streak with a 28-20 triumph over Detroit last week, despite not covering as ten-point home favorites. Ahmad Bradshaw got the running game going with 133 yards, his second game of at least 100 yards on the ground in the last three weeks.
New York has an opportunity to sit in first place by themselves with a victory after the Eagles fell at Tennessee. However, if the Giants lose at Dallas, there will be a three-way tie atop the division with New York, Philadelphia, and Washington all sitting at 4-3.
The Cowboys will be looking to avenge a pair of losses to the Giants last season, including a 33-31 shootout victory by New York to open up the new Cowboys Stadium. The lead changed hands nine times in that game, capped off by Lawrence Tynes' 37-yard field goal at the gun as the Giants cashed outright as three-point underdogs. The quarterback battle that night was won by Eli Manning, who outgained Romo through the air, 330-127, while the Cowboys' gunslinger tossed three interceptions.
In the second meeting at the old Meadowlands, the Giants held off the Cowboys, 31-24, while cashing as a one-point underdog. Dallas outgained New York, 424-327, while holding the ball for nearly 39 minutes. The Giants put up 17 unanswered points after trailing 17-14, as Domenik Hixon's 79-yard punt return for a touchdown sealed the win for New York.
This has been a difficult series to analyze from a historical standpoint as the two teams have split the last eight meetings, while the home club has gone 4-4 SU and 4-3-1 ATS. The 'over' has hit at a more consistent rate, going 5-2-1 in this span, including last season's pair of 'overs.' Dallas is 0-3 SU/ATS as a favorite this season, while the Giants are 11-5 ATS as a road underdog since 2007.
The Cowboys are listed as three-point favorite, but you would have to lay $1.20 or $1.25 to lay just the field goal. In another spots, Dallas is sneaking up to 3 ½, while laying the standard $1.10. The total sits at a steady 44 ½ across the board after opening up at 46 last Sunday night.
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood:
Two more double-digit underdogs cashed on Sunday as the Browns and Bills each took home the money. Cleveland pulled off one of the bigger shockers of the season with a 30-17 win at New Orleans as 12-point underdogs. Buffalo blew a big lead in a 37-34 overtime setback at Baltimore, as the Bills remain the only winless team in the NFL at 0-6.
Tennessee overcame a slow start in a 37-19 thrashing of Philadelphia, the third straight win for the Titans. Questions at the quarterback position will surface again this week after Kerry Collins led the Titans to another victory, while Kevin Kolb struggled in the second half. Andy Reid has an extra week to decide who will start a crucial home game against Indianapolis in two weeks, as the Eagles' head coach is leaning towards Michael Vick, who hopes his rib injury will heal enough to play.
A very questionable ruling at the end of the Steelers' 23-22 victory over the Dolphins, as Pittsburgh failed to cover as three-point road 'chalk.' Ben Roethlisberger dove for the go-ahead score in the final three minutes, but lost the ball as he was crossing the plane of the end zone. The ruling following the challenge determined that Big Ben fumbled the ball; however, the officials couldn't determine who recovered the ball. Pittsburgh received the ball at one and kicked the go-ahead field goal to pick up its fifth win on the season. My question is, how come the officials on the field didn't figure out who recovered the ball initially without assistance from the replay?
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