Now that she’s been declared the Black Widow of the Dallas Cowboys by Terrell Owens and others, Jessica Simpson, aka Yoko Romo, probably needs to sit this one out at home.
In the game against the Carolina Panthers, just about everyone in the Adultfyi pool picks Dallas. However, Steve Lane and Serenity, www.serenity.net see it differently, going with the Panthers.
[LA Times]For most NFL teams, playing at home is a positive. But not for the 2007 Dallas Cowboys, who have been a better bet on the road than at Texas Stadium.
Under first-year Coach Wade Phillips, Dallas leads the NFC East with a 12-2 record, which includes a spotless 6-0 mark away from home.
That’s good news for loyal supporters of the Cowboys, who are listed as 10 1/2 -point road favorites for tonight’s game at 6-8 Carolina.
Dallas is 7-2-1 against the spread in its last 10 road games and 10-4 against the spread in its last 14 games versus a team with a losing record.
Another good sign for the Cowboys, 9-5 against the spread this season, is that they have won two in a row at Carolina, including last year’s 35-14 victory.
In that game, quarterback Tony Romo made his first NFL start and completed 24 of 36 passes for 270 yards and a touchdown. With Romo as a starter, Dallas has won 20 of its last 24 regular-season games.
Carolina, 6-8 against the spread, will start rookie Matt Moore at quarterback, and the Panthers are hoping that he can deliver as he did in last week’s 13-10 victory over Seattle.
In his first career start, Moore completed 19 of 27 passes for 208 yards and gave Carolina’s offense some much-needed stability. Moore needs to play well again tonight to help Carolina break a few negative trends.
The Panthers are 1-4 against the spread in their last five games against a team with a winning record, and 1-5 against the spread in their last six games as an underdog.
And finally: The over/under for tonight’s game is 43 points. The over is 11-1-2 in the last 14 games Dallas has played as a road favorite and the over is 5-1 in the Panthers’ last six games played as an underdog of 10 1/2 points or more.