Cowboys Host Redskins in Must Win Game for Both

Cowboys and Skins Both Two Games out of Wild-Card

The Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys meet on Thursday Night Football at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. NFL Network and NBC will have your coverage at 8:25 pm EST.

Both teams are two games out of the last playoff spot that the Atlanta Falcons hold. The problem is that Arizona and Green Bay hold identical 5-6 records and the Lions are 6-5. Then the Seahawks are tied with the Falcons at 7-4 for the final spot. Atlanta holds the head to head tiebreaker over the 'Hawks.

Oddsmakers opened the Cowboys as -2.5-point favorites versus the Redskins, while the game's total opened at 44. The line now has the Skins' as 1.5-point favorites. The total has climbed to 47.

Cowboys Have to be More Consistent

Dallas lost its last outing, a 28-6 result against the Los Angeles Chargers on November 23. The Cowboys failed to cover in that game as a +1-point underdog, while the 34 combined points took the game UNDER the total.

Ezekiel Elliott rushed for a season-high 150 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the early season Cowboys win. He led the Cowboys in a 33-19 victory.  Elliott was fueling the Dallas offense in the win over Washington the way he did for much of the 2016 season. The Cowboys won the NFC East last season.

Elliott is now three contests into a six-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal-conduct policy. The Cowboys are 0-3.

Elliott's replacement is former Redskin Alfred Morris. He is averaging 5.8 yards per carry. Morris is averaging just over 12 carries per game and hasn't topped 100 yards without Elliott in the lineup.

Factors outside of Morris' ability have limited the running back. The Cowboys have found themselves playing from behind a lot of the time. Dallas' deficits can be partially attributed to the absence of linebacker Sean Lee. He left the Atlanta game early with a hamstring injury. Lee hasn't played in seen the field since.

Redskins In Same Boat as Cowboys

The Redskins were a 20-10 winner in their most recent outing at home against the New York Giants. They covered the -7-point spread as favorites, while the total score (30) made winners of UNDER bettors.

Washington has split their last four games. They were competitive in losses to the Vikings and Saints. Last week Kirk Cousins passed for 242 yards and two touchdowns.

Rookie running back Samaje Perine may be finding his stride as an NFL running back. Perine rushed for 100 yards on 24 carries in the win over the New York Giants last week. He followed up his 117-yard output on 23 attempts against the New Orleans Saints the week before.

 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Washington	5-6	5-6	23.45	25.09	-1.64	2-4	3-2	6-4-1	3-3	3-1-1
Dallas	5-6	5-6	22.55	24.55	-2	2-4	3-2	5-6	2-4	3-2

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
WAS	15.19	13.79	1.39
DAL	14.79	14.19	0.61

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
WAS	11.12	11.27	-0.15
DAL	9.85	10.13	-0.28

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
WAS	3.88	4.27	-0.39
DAL	4.72	4.36	0.36

Team Records

Washington Redskins

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	5-6	3-3	2-3	5-6	2-4	3-2	23.45	25.09	-1.64
vs Conf	4-5	2-3	2-2	4-5	1-4	3-1	23.44	26.33	-2.89
vs Div	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1	24.00	34.00	-10.00
Last 3	1-2	1-1	0-1	2-1	1-1	1-0	27.00	27.33	-0.33

Dallas Cowboys

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	5-6	2-4	3-2	5-6	2-4	3-2	22.55	24.55	-2.00
vs Conf	4-4	1-3	3-1	4-4	1-3	3-1	24.63	22.88	1.75
vs Div	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	33.00	19.00	14.00
Last 3	0-3	0-2	0-1	0-3	0-2	0-1	7.33	30.67	-23.34

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	23.45	11	24.55	21
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	227.60	17	246.83	22
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	124.40	10	121.17	25
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	22.55	15	25.09	24
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	214.00	23	281.80	29
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	133.83	9	139.00	30

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Washington	3-7	5-5	5-5	22.20	122.30	4.51	35.90	66.02	261.50	383.80	1.30
Dallas	7-3	5-5	5-5	26.70	121.40	4.78	31.50	63.49	232.00	353.40	1.80

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
Oct 29, 2017	DAL	WAS	33-19	169	138	307	1	49	236	285	3
Nov 24, 2016	WAS	DAL	26-31	56	449	505	0	163	190	353	0
Sep 18, 2016	DAL	WAS	27-23	102	278	380	1	82	350	432	1
Jan 3, 2016	WAS	DAL	34-23	146	291	437	0	100	412	512	4
Dec 7, 2015	DAL	WAS	19-16	97	220	317	3	73	193	266	1
Dec 28, 2014	DAL	WAS	44-17	174	283	457	1	104	309	413	4
Oct 27, 2014	WAS	DAL	20-17	123	286	409	1	166	224	390	2
Dec 22, 2013	DAL	WAS	24-23	95	214	309	2	100	197	297	1
Oct 13, 2013	WAS	DAL	16-31	216	217	433	2	48	165	213	1
Dec 30, 2012	DAL	WAS	18-28	100	196	296	3	274	87	361	0

NFL Betting Trends

Washington Redskins
Washington is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 8 games
Washington is 12-4 ATS in its last 16 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Washington's last 10 games on the road
Washington is 15-7 ATS in its last 22 games when playing Dallas
Washington is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Dallas
Washington is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing Dallas
Washington is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Washington is 5-16 SU in its last 21 games when playing on the road against Dallas

Dallas Cowboys
Dallas is 6-12 ATS in its last 18 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games
Dallas is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Dallas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 6 games at home
Dallas is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Washington
Dallas is 7-15 ATS in its last 22 games when playing Washington
Dallas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing Washington
Dallas is 1-9 ATS in its last 10 games when playing at home against Washington
Dallas is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games when playing at home against Washington

Team Last 5 Games

Washington Redskins

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Nov 23, 2017	NYG	20-10	W	-7/44	W/U	122	201	323	84	86	170	0	H
Nov 19, 2017	NO	31-34	L	9.5/52.5	W/O	156	300	456	160	375	535	-1	A
Nov 12, 2017	MIN	30-38	L	1/41	L/O	81	313	394	102	304	406	-1	H
Nov 5, 2017	SEA	17-14	W	8/44.5	W/U	51	193	244	148	289	437	-1	A
Oct 29, 2017	DAL	19-33	L	3/46.5	L/O	49	236	285	169	138	307	2	H

Dallas Cowboys

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Nov 23, 2017	LAC	6-28	L	1/46.5	L/U	79	168	247	81	434	515	2	H
Nov 19, 2017	PHI	9-37	L	6/47.5	L/U	112	113	225	215	168	383	4	H
Nov 12, 2017	ATL	7-27	L	3.5/49	L/U	107	126	233	132	204	336	1	A
Nov 5, 2017	KC	28-17	W	-2.5/53.5	W/U	131	244	375	68	255	323	-1	H
Oct 29, 2017	WAS	33-19	W	-3/46.5	W/O	169	138	307	49	236	285	-2	A

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Next up:
Washington at Los Angeles Sunday, December 10
Dallas at New York Sunday, December 10

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