{"id":19478,"date":"2011-11-18T14:30:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T19:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19478"},"modified":"2011-11-18T14:30:43","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T19:30:43","slug":"cowboys-vs-redskins-nfc-east-rivals-face-off-inside-fedexfield-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/cowboys-vs-redskins-nfc-east-rivals-face-off-inside-fedexfield-sunday-19478\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys vs. Redskins: NFC East Rivals Face Off Inside FedExField Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins
\nSunday, 11\/20\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Titans<\/a>
The Dallas Cowboys have a legitimate shot of winning the NFC East division<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas is in position to sweep the Washington Redskins this year and stay in the discussion of potentially winning the NFC East division title.\u00a0 The Cowboys scored an 18-16 win in the first meeting this year despite quarterback Tony Romo being banged up in that contest.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t have broken ribs now, so that\u2019s positive,\u201d Romo said in practice this week.\u00a0 \u201cYou get used to playing hurt, but it\u2019s just a little different.\u201d\u00a0 He is coming off a big-time performance in completing 23-of-26 passes for 270 yards and three touchdowns in last week\u2019s 44-7 win over the Buffalo Bills.\u00a0 Dallas is 2-3 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys have really taken off with the emergence of rookie running back DeMarco Murray, who has gained an NFL-best 601 rushing yards since being the featured player in the backfield starting on Oct. 23.\u00a0 Dallas out-gained Washington by a 77-yard margin in the first meeting, but Murray wasn\u2019t too involved in that contest, gaining just six yards on two carries.\u00a0 Felix Jones got the bulk of the carries that night, rushing for 115 yards on 14 carries, but he\u2019s missed the last four weeks with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Washington has lost five consecutive games and has also lost the statistical battle in each of those contests, causing head coach Mike Shanahan to go back to Rex Grossman under center.\u00a0 \u201cRex is going to be our quarterback,\u201d stated Shanahan this week.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you go with a veteran quarterback, it\u2019s pretty easy.\u201d\u00a0 The main problem the former Chicago Bears signal-caller will have to overcome is the lack of weapons around him, as the team has been devastated by injuries.\u00a0 Washington is 17-20 ATS over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Redskins should have some confidence in Grossman due to this performance against the Cowboys in Week 3, throwing for 250 yards and one touchdown with an interception.\u00a0 Washington\u2019s running game has been virtually non-existent all season, which won\u2019t help his cause when facing a defensive unit that ranks 11th in the league against the run.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the Redskins held the Dolphins to just 3.1 yards per carry in last week\u2019s 20-9 road loss, which is much better than the 4.7 they were allowing the previous four contests.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Cowboys due to their 20-8 ATS mark in November, while the Redskins are 0-5 ATS as an underdog.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins Sunday, 11\/20\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 41 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Dallas is in position to sweep the Washington Redskins this year and stay in the discussion of potentially winning the NFC East division […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[124,585,2586,5331,538,345],"class_list":["post-19478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-demarco-murray","tag-nfc-east","tag-rex-grossman","tag-tony-romo","tag-washington-redskins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19478","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19479,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19478\/revisions\/19479"}],"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=19478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}