{"id":25023,"date":"2012-09-16T09:39:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T14:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25023"},"modified":"2012-09-16T09:39:21","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T14:39:21","slug":"nfl-week-2-picks-dallas-cowboys-vs-seattle-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-2-picks-dallas-cowboys-vs-seattle-seahawks-25023\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 2 Picks: Dallas Cowboys vs. Seattle Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks
\nSunday, 9\/16\/12, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dallas Cowboys LB DeMarcus Ware is a player to watch in Seattle Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas is focused on opening a season with two straight victories for the first time in four seasons, coming off a 24-17 win over the New York Giants as 3.5-point road underdogs.\u00a0 \u201cWe have a chance to have good things happen every week,\u201d stated Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett.\u00a0 America\u2019s Team has won nine of 13 meetings in the series, including a 23-13 win as 11-point home favorites in November of last year.\u00a0 Dallas is 4-15 ATS as a favorite the last two-plus seasons, with the \u201cover\u201d going 11-9 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys will try to establish the running game in the Pacific Northwest, with DeMarco Murray finishing with 131 yards on 20 carries against the Giants last week.\u00a0 Dallas has the ability to be one of the more balanced offenses in the league, with wide an array of weapons for quarterback Tony Romo to target.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, defensive coordinator Rob Ryan will be game planning against a rookie quarterback, who has the ability to extend plays with his legs.<\/p>\n

Seattle came up short in a 20-16 setback as three-point road favorites against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 1, as former Wisconsin Badgers star Russell Wilson got his first taste of an NFL regular season.\u00a0 \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it was any faster,\u201d he commented after the game.\u00a0 The Seahawks have the chance to bounce back, winning eight of their last nine home openers, as they went 4-4 inside Century Link Field a year ago.\u00a0 Seattle is 1-3 ATS off a loss against a division rival.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks defense will certainly be tested, as Romo\u2019s 111.2 passer rating against them in four games is the highest by any signal-caller with a minimum of 100 passing attempts against them.\u00a0 Seattle offensive tackle Russell Okung also figures to play a prominent role in this contest, as he\u2019ll likely be trying to block Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t finish last week\u2019s game due to a bone bruise, which will likely cause the host to keep tight end Zach Miller in to help block an aggressive defense.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cowboys due to their 5-1 ATS mark in the last six meetings, while the Seahawks are 0-5 ATS in Week 2.<\/p>\n

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

Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks Sunday, 9\/16\/12, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 42 Current Total:\u00a0 42.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Dallas is focused on opening a season with two straight victories for the first time in four seasons, coming off a 24-17 win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[7008,124,2886,31,3630,417,538],"class_list":["post-25023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-century-link-field","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-demarcus-ware","tag-nfl","tag-russell-wilson","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-tony-romo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25023","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=25023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25024,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25023\/revisions\/25024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}