Dallas is rolling into ‘Thursday Night Football’ aiming to keep the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stuck at 0-4, but if you’ve been watching their games, you know something big is happening on defense. The Cowboys, sitting at 2-2, are giving up a mind-boggling average of 28 points per game this season. Yeah, you heard that right. Twenty-eight points!
Can the Winless Bucs Finally Break Through Against a Leaky Dallas D?
The Buccaneers are in rough shape, no doubt. They’re sitting at a dismal 0-4 on the year, 0-2 in the NFC, and 0-1 on the road. And losing Baker Mayfield, their starting quarterback, to a hand injury certainly doesn’t help. They just dropped a 17-14 decision to the Green Bay Packers. But here’s the kicker: despite being winless, they’ve only been outscored by a total of 20 points all season. That tells you they’re *right there* in games, just not quite closing them out.
Meanwhile, the Cowboys are 2-2, tied for second in the NFC East, and just pulled off a wild 34-30 comeback win against the Houston Texans last Sunday. They’re 1-1 at home at AT&T Stadium, which is where they’ll face the Bucs. Historically, Dallas has dominated this matchup, holding a 17-6 all-time series edge and winning six of the last seven home meetings. But history doesn’t play defense, does it?
This Expert’s Hot Streak Just Signaled a Big Payday on the Over
If you’re paying attention to the numbers, it gets even more interesting. The official odds for this ‘Thursday Night Football’ showdown have Dallas as a hefty 8.5-point favorite. The total points over/under is set at 47.5. Now, here’s where it gets juicy: SportsLine’s R.J. White, a managing editor of Fantasy and gambling who’s absolutely crushing the NFL game with an incredible 43-31-3 run on his picks, is leaning hard on the Over 47.5 combined points for this game. And when you look at the stats, you can see why.
The Over has hit in each of the last *ten* Dallas Cowboys games. That’s not a coincidence, folks. That’s a trend screaming about their defensive struggles. Giving up an average of 28 points per game means opponents are consistently finding the end zone. So while Dallas is favored, their defense is clearly a major question mark, and White’s picks have returned over $900 to $100 players on his current roll.
The game kicks off at 8:15 p.m. ET from AT&T Stadium. Can the Buccaneers, despite their struggles and Mayfield’s absence, finally break through against a Cowboys defense that bleeds points? Or will Dallas’ offense just keep dropping numbers big enough to hit that Over for the eleventh straight time? This is going to be a fun one to watch.
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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