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_{Posted Friday at 1:30 PM EST & updated at 6:45 PMEST}

8:30 PM EST. The Cowboys are in the news for all the wrong reasons week after week and this week has been no different. Owner Jerry Jones is in a pissing match with Commissioner Roger Goodell, while star runner Ezekiel Elliot finally decided to give up the fight and serve his suspension. On top of those negative vibes, the Cowboys got totally rocked in Atlanta last Sunday 27-7. Dallas was never in it, but we can forgive a bad game considering the crap storm that has surrounded them and it all coming to a head in Week 10. With a little more time to adjust without Zeke, the Cowboys should be better prepared mentally to take the field this week. There is also a chance Jerry's Boys were just looking ahead to this high profile, prime time showdown with the 9-1 Eagles.

Philly is the talk of the NFL with the league's best record. Second year quarterback Carson Wentz has already been penciled in as the MVP, and if you believe the pundits, the Eagles' fans should book their tickets to Minneapolis for the Super Bowl while flights out of Philly are still reasonably priced. The Eagles have been the lead story on ESPN, the NFL Network, FS1, you name it, the bandwagon is loaded and headed down to Big D. Sure, their record looks great on paper, but Philly has played the fifth weakest schedule this season according to Football Outsiders. The Eagles have played just two teams with a winning record in 2017 and are 1-1 with a loss at the Chiefs and a win in Carolina. Don’t get us wrong, the Eagles are good, but you are going to pay a premium to back them as long as they keep paying out like a broken slot machine.

This line opened at -3 with the Eagles as the road chalk. Since everyone and their dog is on Philly, this line is now up to -4½ and there is no sign of that number stopping there. Philly has played in two high profile prime time games in the last month (TNF at the Panthers and MNF vs the Redskins) and easily covered in both. Spotting a small price on the road with the league’s “best” team against a division rival that appears to be reeling looks like a gift but rarely is it that easy. We’ve seen some pick sellers bragging that they’ve locked in the Eagles at -3½ in the Super Contest and recommending their readers jump in before this line gets any higher. We are going to take a different approach. What happens Sunday afternoon will have an effect on this line. If the market gets buried, we expect Philly to get hammered, hard. Even if they feast, the Eagles will likely get most of the action Sunday night. We will wait and see where the number settles closer to kick off, but the Cowboys are definitely on our radar and can win this game outright. We’ll update this on Sunday evening before kickoff, as we expect to be getting as much as 6 or 6½ and know we’re going with the best of it.

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