Whenever the Washington Football Team and Dallas Cowboys meet for an NFC East matchup, you know that tempers are going to be elevated and there will be no love lost between the two sides.
When the two teams meet on Thursday afternoon, playing in a classic Thanksgiving Day matchup, there will be a bit more on the line than just bragging rights, with the winner taking sole possession of the NFC East division lead, for a few days at least.
At the time being, three teams in the division — Washington, Dallas, and the New York Giants — are tied at 3-7, while the Philadelphia Eagles currently lead with a 3-6-1 record. That being said, the stakes are obviously going to be pretty high on Turkey Day.
Although Washington won the last game against the Cowboys just a few weeks ago in a 25-3 blowout, Dallas is favored by three points at home as the line opened on Sunday night, according to BetMGM. There is a chance that the line will move a bit as the week goes on and injury news comes out for both teams, but the field goal advantage feels about right, especially after how Dallas played on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. In a game that they were not expected to win, the Cowboys impressed, putting up 31 points and beating a red-hot Vikings team. If Dallas can play like that again on Thursday, then it shouldn’t be much of a contest against Washington.
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