{"id":7724,"date":"2010-09-18T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=7724"},"modified":"2010-09-18T02:11:01","modified_gmt":"2010-09-18T07:11:01","slug":"fade-the-public-nfl-pick-of-the-week-cowboys-looking-for-redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/fade-the-public-nfl-pick-of-the-week-cowboys-looking-for-redemption-7724\/","title":{"rendered":"Fade the Public NFL Pick of the Week: Cowboys Looking for Redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sure Wade Phillips can't coach a lick but the Cowboys look to have some value on Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>The Dallas Cowboys embarrassed themselves against the Washington Redskins on Sunday night. The \u2018Skins only touchdown came when the \u2018Boys fumbled the last play of the first half, which was picked up by DeAngelo Hall and returned 32 yards for the score. And just as Dallas looked to win on the game\u2019s final play, a holding call on Alex Barron negated the touchdown and ended the game. Washington won, 13-7.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys look to bounce back against the Chicago Bears this Sunday. Dallas opened as 8 \u00bd point favorites but the line has come down to 7 points at most sites. The public is responsible for the line movement, still playing the Bears at over 60%. Clearly, the Cowboys\u2019 performance at Washington is on the minds of bettors.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys weren\u2019t completely inept. They managed to outgain the Redskins 380-250. Other than the aforementioned fumble, the Cowboys didn\u2019t turn the ball over. Tony Romo was 31-47 for 282 yards with 1 td and 0 ints; take away the holding call on Barron and Romo would\u2019ve had 2 tds, including a game winner. Miles Austin had 10 catches for just under 150 yards with a touchdown. Dez Bryant had 8 catches and was a key contributor on the Cowboys final drive. And the \u2018Boys defense played especially well. They kept Donovan McNabb and Clinton Portis in check, and kept Washington out of the endzone. In other words, Dallas has a lot to build on.<\/p>\n

However, miscues and mental gaffes spoiled an otherwise decent effort. For the game, Dallas committed 12 penalties for 81 yards, which is inexcusable. I\u2019m surprised Barron wasn\u2019t immediately cut after the game; the final holding call wasn\u2019t the only time he was flagged. Regarding Washington\u2019s defensive touchdown, there was no reason for Dallas to not run out the clock at the end of the first half, and they paid for it. And I can\u2019t figure out why Dallas didn\u2019t run the ball more often. The \u2018Boys averaged 4.7 yards per rush and they weren\u2019t getting blown out. So why did Romo throw the ball 47 times? I don\u2019t know, but I expect to see more dedication to the run against Chicago.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the Bears, they should be 0-1. Calvin Johnson and the Lions deserved that win. I haven\u2019t seen such an unjustifiable execution of NFL law since the infamous \u2018tuck rule\u2019 decision between the Patriots and Raiders in 2002.<\/p>\n

In fairness, though, the Bears clearly outplayed the Lions, who lost Matthew Stafford midway through the game. Chicago outgained Detroit by nearly 300 yards, 463-168. Matt Forte played terrific both running and catching the ball. The defense held the Lions to only 1 yard per carry, which is commendable. But 4 turnovers by Chicago help to explain why Detroit was even in the game, let alone able to win it.<\/p>\n

So why fade the Bears getting a touchdown? Because I expect Dallas to play considerably better this week. Playing at home will be a boost for this team. Overall, I still think the \u2018Boys have a good chance of playing in the Super Bowl and I don\u2019t think the Bears are in the same class. The Dallas offense needs to be more balanced and more efficient in the redzone. I think Dez Bryant will help with the latter. But the strength of this team is the defense. Their linebackers are maybe the best in the league. Their cornerbacks are top-notch, too; I see Terrance Newman and Mike Jenkins giving Jay Cutler a hard time this Sunday. I don\u2019t think Dallas will have too much trouble covering 7 points, but if you can find 6 \u00bd points (hint hint, view our NFL odds page to compare lines from multiple sportsbooks), of course, that makes your Sunday play that much easier.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on Maddux Sports\u2019 guaranteed NFL picks<\/a>. The professionals at Maddux have been hot so far and have their AFC East Game of the Year going on Sunday. Do yourself a favor and make some easy money this Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Cowboys embarrassed themselves against the Washington Redskins on Sunday night. The \u2018Skins only touchdown came when the \u2018Boys fumbled the last play of the first half, which was picked up by DeAngelo Hall and returned 32 yards for the score. And just as Dallas looked to win on the game\u2019s final play, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":5408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[359,124,2620,1772,1919,1930,2466,2843],"class_list":["post-7724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-chicago-bears","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-fade-public-favorite","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-lines","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-pick","tag-nfl-regular-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7724","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\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7724"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7886,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7724\/revisions\/7886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}