{"id":18089,"date":"2011-09-30T01:44:22","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T06:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18089"},"modified":"2011-10-03T21:56:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T02:56:46","slug":"week-4-nfl-betting-preview-lions-try-to-equal-best-start-in-55-years-at-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/week-4-nfl-betting-preview-lions-try-to-equal-best-start-in-55-years-at-dallas-18089\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4 NFL Betting Preview: Lions try to equal best start in 55 years at Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
\nSunday, 10\/2\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lions
Dallas QB Tony Romo gutted out a win on Monday night and will have a bigger challenge on Sunday against unbeaten Detroit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Detroit Lions are 3-0 for the first time since 1980 and can equal their best start in 55 years with a road victory against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.\u00a0 It is hard to believe that the Lions ended an NFL-record 26-game road losing streak less than a year ago with a 23-20 win at Tampa Bay, which triggered a seven-game winning streak.<\/p>\n

Detroit\u2019s latest win was the team\u2019s fourth straight away from home \u2013 tying a team record \u2013 and \u00a0required rallying back from a 20-0 halftime deficit at Minnesota.\u00a0 The Lions used two touchdown passes from quarterback Matthew Stafford to wide receiver Calvin Johnson and four field goals from kicker Jason Hanson to stun the Vikings 26-23 in overtime, handing them their third loss in a row when leading by double digits.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Cowboys (2-1) are just trying to get healthy and looked like anything but Super Bowl contenders on Monday night in an 18-16 home win over Washington.\u00a0 Ailing QB Tony Romo played through a broken rib and punctured lung he suffered the week before at San Francisco but could not generate a touchdown for Dallas (-1, O\/U 46).\u00a0 Kicker Dan Bailey did all of the scoring with six field goals, three of which came from 40 yards out or further.<\/p>\n

Cowboys running back Felix Jones had separated his shoulder in their 27-24 overtime victory against the 49ers but enjoyed his best performance of the season against the Redskins with 115 rushing yards on 14 carries and 40 receiving yards on three catches.\u00a0 Romo was pretty solid as well despite his injuries, throwing for 255 yards with one interception.\u00a0 The OVER had cashed in their previous eight regular-season home games before Monday night.<\/p>\n

Dallas won last year\u2019s meeting with Detroit 35-19 in Week 11 even though neither team played with its current starting quarterback.\u00a0 Both Romo and Stafford were out with shoulder injuries, leaving Jon Kitna and Shaun Hill to lead the Cowboys and Lions, respectively.\u00a0 Kitna threw three touchdown passes, including two to wide receiver Miles Austin, who remains out with a hamstring injury.\u00a0 Austin caught just two passes in that game for seven yards total, but both went for scores.<\/p>\n

Detroit is 9-1 against the spread in its last 10 games against teams with a winning record and 12-3-2 ATS in its past 17 vs. NFC opponents.\u00a0 The Lions also hope first-round draft pick Nick Fairley will make his pro debut after breaking his foot in the preseason.\u00a0 The 6-foot-4, 298-pound defensive tackle was selected 13th overall and practiced for the first time since the injury occurred last Friday.\u00a0 Fairley did not practice on Wednesday though and is a long shot to play.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers<\/a> at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys Sunday, 10\/2\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 46.5 Current Total:\u00a0 46 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker The Detroit Lions are 3-0 for the first time since 1980 and can equal their best start in 55 years with a road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":4152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[124,542,1772,1930,1922,2757,2683],"class_list":["post-18089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-detroit-lions","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-picks","tag-pro-football","tag-week-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18089"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18265,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18089\/revisions\/18265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}