The Dallas Cowboys week 14 matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals is on Monday night football this week, and both teams are surely not where they wanted to be when the season started.
Both are under .500, while the Cowboys have been dealing with loads of injuries, the Bengals have been good on one side of the football, the offensive side. Their defense has been the worst in football.
Joe Burrow, if not for the record, would probably be the leader for MVP. He has played really well, but he needs to score 40 points a game to win.
That poses the question: can this offense with Cooper Rush, who could only beat the worst team in football, the Giants, by one score, go score for score with Joe Burrow?
GAME INFO:
Date: Monday, December 9th | Time: 7:25
Location: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas.
TV: ESPN | Stream: NFL+ & FuboTV
Radio: 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM), 107.5 La Grande in Spanish (KMVK-FM)
ODDS:
Moneyline (ML): Cowboys +190 (bet $100 to win $190) | Bengals -230 (bet $210 to win $100)
Against the spread (ATS): Cowboys +5.5 (-112) | Bengals -5.5 (-108)
Over/Under (O/U): 49.5 (O: -110 | U: -108)
Betting Facts
The Cowboys have won each of their last 12 December games at AT&T Stadium.
Cincy has lost each of their last nine road games against NFC East opponents on a winning streak.
Dallas has covered the spread in 14 of their last 16 games at AT&T Stadium against teams that held a losing record.
The Bengals have failed to cover the spread in each of their last four games in December, and have lost the first half in seven of their last eight Week 14 road games.
The Cowboys have won the first quarter in each of their last two games as underdogs against the Bengals.
Tough Task
This Monday night will be no cakewalk for the Dallas Cowboys they are going to have to score a lot of points.
The Bengals defense is so bad, so that might be possible, but if they don’t put up nearly 30, they are not going to win this game.
Ja’Marr Chase leads the NFL in receiving yards with 1,142, and if Trevon Diggs misses another game, that will leave DaRon Bland on an island for this game.
The Bengals defense is bad enough to allow the Cowboys to stay in this football game, but let’s be honest with ourselves here, can Cooper Rush and this offense, which has not been good at all, go score for score?
No, they can’t, and that is the truth. They just don’t have the personnel to do it. CeeDee Lamb is still banged up, you don’t know the status of Jake Ferguson, and Rush is going to be asked to throw the ball 45 times.
Rico Dowdle had the first 100 yard game for a Cowboys running back since week three of last season for Dallas, but are they going to be able to feature him much this week?
They are going to be trailing for nearly the entire game, you know it just like I do.
Playoffs Or Draft?
Dallas has won two games in a row, one against the worst team in football, and the other against their little brother the Washington Commanders.
Now folks think they have a shot at the playoffs, and want them to do so. They don’t. This team is still not good, and why would you want to win instead of getting a higher draft pick, you have seen this team like I have.
The Bengals are going to control most if not all of this game, and although they have an awful defense, the worst in football, the Cowboys will not be able to stop Joe Burrow.
Bengals win this game pretty big, 34-17.