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Giants vs Cowboys Betting Odds Analysis NFL Week 5

Game: New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys

Location: AT&T Stadium – Arlington, Texas

Time: 4:25 PM ET

Ezekiel Elliott of the Dallas Cowboys carries the ball as Antoine Bethea and Jabrill Peppers of the New York Giants defend. Giants vs Cowboys Betting Odds
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Television: CBS 

Betting Lines

Team Point Spread Moneyline Over/Under Team Total
Giants +9½ +480 54 22½
Cowboys -9½ -650 54 32

New York Giants

Betting Record

Team Record ATS Home ATS Away ATS Fave ATS O/U
Giants 0-4 2-2 0-2 2-0 N/A 1 Over, 3 Under

Next game: vs Washington

Last Game

9-17 vs Los Angeles Rams

The Giants’ defense did everything it reasonably could in Week 4, limiting the Los Angeles Rams to under 260 yards of total offense and limiting the Rams to just 10 points through three and a half quarters. However, the New York offense couldn’t find the end zone once. New York still hasn’t scored more than 16 points in any game this season. The Giants are averaging under 12 points per game, dead last in the NFL through four contests. They have scored nine points in consecutive losses. They have gone eight full quarters without scoring a touchdown.

As well as their defense played, though, the Giants still had a chance to tie the Rams this past Sunday. They drove inside the Los Angeles 30-yard line in the final minute down eight, but one more Daniel Jones turnover, an interception, snuffed out that rally. It is back to the drawing board for a team in search of solutions on offense.

Stats Pack

The numbers are paltry. That’s the story of the Giants’ offense, especially in relationship to this past Sunday’s game against the Rams. Daniel Jones went 23 of 36 for just 190 yards. That’s an average of under nine yards per completion, and under 5.5 yards per pass attempt. That is simply not a formula for success at any level of football. Jones threw an interception and simply could not move the ball down the field. The Giants were held under 300 total yards. No running back had more than 45 rushing yards (Wayne Gallman), and no receiver had more than 48 receiving yards (Darius Slayton). No one is stepping up in the absence of Saquon Barkley, whom this team needs more than the numbers can fully express.

Head-to-Head

The Giants and Cowboys last met on Nov. 4 of last year, with the Cowboys winning, 37-18, in New Jersey. That was the last time the Cowboys faced the Giants when Jason Garrett was the head coach of the Cowboys. As you might know, Garrett is now the offensive coordinator for the Giants, lending an element of revenge to this Giants vs Cowboys matchup.

The Giants are 2-13 straight-up in their last 15 games. The Giants are 2-0 against the spread on the NFL odds on the road so far this season.

Injury Report

The Giants didn’t suffer a lot of injuries this past Sunday against the Rams, but they are without Saquon Barkley for the whole season after an injury suffered weeks ago. Without Barkley, so much of the blueprint for the Giants’ offense is undermined, as you’re seeing on the field.

Dallas Cowboys

Betting Record

Team Record ATS Home ATS Away ATS Fave ATS O/U
Cowboys 1-3 0-3-1 0-2 0-1-1 0-2 3 over, 1 under

Next game: vs Cardinals

Last Game

38-49 vs Cleveland Browns

The Cowboys’ defense is a turnstile. No one expected this defense to be fantastic, but no one expected this. No one expected the Cowboys to give up 146 points in four games, for an average of 36.5 points per game. That is the worst average in team history, even more than the first Dallas expansion team in 1960, which failed to win a single game.

First-year coach Mike McCarthy has installed a new defensive system that players are trying to learn, but the proper adjustment is reducing the complexity of the system and enabling players to feel more comfortable. The coaching staff doesn’t seem to realize that, which is creating mass confusion, and when a football team is confused, it doesn’t play hard – not because of a lack of desire, but because of a lack of understanding. Players unsure of what to do are hesitating on the field, and everyone knows that when players hesitate, they’re lost. That is what you are seeing in Dallas, and this was the chaos on the defensive side of the ball in the 49-38 loss to the Browns at home.

Stats Pack

The Cowboys wasted a brilliant game from quarterback Dak Prescott, who went 41 of 58 for 502 yards and four touchdowns. That kind of stat line should always result in a win, and yet the Cowboys didn’t merely lose; they lost by 11 points at home as a favorite. This is a total disaster. Amari Cooper caught 12 passes for 134 yards and was great. That kind of performance should also result in a win, but it didn’t matter. This team needs to look in the mirror after allowing over 500 yards to the Browns, over 300 of them on the ground, an absolutely inexcusable total for any NFL defense at any point in time.

The Cowboys are 1-4 ATS in their last five games in the sportsbook. The Cowboys are 3-6 straight up in their last nine games.

Injury Report

The Cowboys are really hurting on their offensive line, despite the fact that they have scored at least 31 points in each of their last three games and averaged 36.3 points in those three games. Center Joe Looney was injured this past Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. Right tackle La’el Collins announced this past Saturday that he would choose season-ending surgery instead of trying to play through pain. Tyron Smith, an elite offensive lineman, has been injured the past few weeks. This reduces the margin for error along the Cowboys’ offensive line; any significant mistakes could lead to more strip-sacks and caused fumbles for a team which is minus-seven in turnover differential to this point in the season.

Giants vs Cowboys Betting Odds: Betting on the Game

Point Spread: Cowboys -9.5

The Cowboys have the worst defense in the NFL. The Giants have the worst offense in the NFL. It is a battle of opposites, but the other matchup – the Cowboys’ solid offense against the Giants’ decent but not amazing defense – is the real key. Given that the Cowboys, despite their losses, have piled up a lot of points, the burden here is on the Giants to keep this game respectable. Dallas is a bad team, but the Giants are a lot worse.

Moneyline: Cowboys -650

The temptation to pick the Giants is real, since New York gave the Rams a competitive game on the road and since the Giants (like other NFL teams) are going to win a game eventually. However, Dallas has lost two straight games and is in a desperate position. There is way too much talent on the Cowboys’ roster for them to lose at home to the worst offense in the NFL. Dallas has lost to teams with a lot of offensive talent; the Giants do not fit that description, especially with Saquon Barkley out.

Over/Under: Under 54

The Cowboys might score 30 points. How are the Giants going to score as many as 24? It’s not happening with an offense that weak. Maybe Dallas’ defense is so bad that even the Giants can score a lot of points, but the Giants have to prove they can crack 20 first.

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