Oakland Raiders vs. Dallas Cowboys Pick Prediction NFL Pro Football Odds Preview 8-9-2013

  • 11 years ago
The Dallas Cowboys will continue their preseason scheduled when they travel from Oxnard to face the Oakland Raiders in an NFL preseason game on Friday night.

Start time from Oakland is scheduled for 10PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NFL Network.

The NFL odds from this preseason affair have the road side Dallas Cowboys favored by -2 points with an over under line of 35 ½ points. A money line wager on the Dallas Cowboys will return –130 odds with the Oakland Raiders returning +110 odds to post the outright win with no need for the points on their side.

The Cowboys are 1-0 in the preseason following a 24-20 victory in the Hall of Fame Game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday night as a +3 point road underdog. The total landed over 33 points.

Dallas took advantage of Miami miscues and built up the 17-3 lead after two quarter. Tony Romo did not play and the three Cowboys backup quarterbacks combined for 11 of 23 from the field for 107 yards. Rookie running back Joseph Randle led the club with 70 rushing yards on 13 carries. The Cowboys defense allowed 421 yards of offense to Miami with 310 yards coming via the air.

The Raiders will introduce new starting quarterback Matt Flynn on Friday night. Competing for the backup job will be former Ohio St product Terrelle Pryor and rookies Matthew McGloin from Penn St along with rookie Tyler Wilson out of Arkansas.

Running back Darren McFadden will be the featured back and will see limited carries. Those competing for carries will be veteran Rashad Jennings along with youngsters Latavious Murray, Jeremy Stewart and Deonte Williams. Head coach Dennis Allen returns for his second season looking to improve from a 4-12 record. Oakland scored 18 points a game last season and gave up 28. Their run game digressed to just 89 per game and 3.8 yards per rush average. Oakland signed former Browns wide out and kick off returning Joshua Cribbs in the offseason. With many departing veterans from last season there are plenty of rosters spots up for grabs for the Raiders this preseason and explains why there are home underdog in this game.

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