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My Five Favorite Eagles vs. Cowboys Bets and Picks at bet365
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Rejoice, friends, as the NFL regular season is nigh. It’s the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles vs. the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field, a night in which the Birds raise the banner while Jerry Jones watches from his luxury box, flanked, perhaps, by the traitorous Chris Christie.
We shall see.
The return of professional football brings with it the robustness of legal sports betting, in which we are given a treasure trove of odds and props to sift through ahead of primetime. Now we lock in, focus, and dive into the bet365 offerings to identify five of the best plays for this NFC East showdown.
1) Dak Prescott over 36.5 passing attempts
Dak regularly chucks the ball against the Eagles. In his last three games against the Birds, he’s thrown 44, 39, and 35 passes. The same Dak who threw the ball 590 times in 2023 and was on pace for a similar number before his 2024 injury.
Throw in the fact that the strength of this Cowboys team looks to be the passing game. They have CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, and Jake Ferguson in the fold, so it feels like they’re going to go to those three guys with frequency. Additionally, there’s no bona fide star running back among the group of Javonte Williams, Jaydon Blue, and Miles Sanders, so it’s plausible that the Eagles limit the run and force Dallas to throw it anyway.
The only way this possibly goes sideways is if the Eagles enjoy so much success with Saquon Barkley that they dominate time of possession and limit Dallas drive opportunities. Otherwise, it feels like a good play.
bet: Dak Prescott over 36.5 passing attempts at -110
2) Jalen Hurts anytime touchdown
Until further notice, this is an auto-bet at PA sports betting apps. We play it every time the Eagles take the field.
Jalen Hurts ATD hit 13 times in 20 games last season, playoffs included, which is good for a ridiculous 65% success rate. And the price has never gone any lower than -175 or -180, at least not that I’ve seen. As long as the tush push is legal, this should be in your slip.
bet: Hurts anytime touchdown scorer at -120
3) Saquon Barkley rushing yards
This is similar to Hurts ATD because it hit 14 times in 20 games. That’s 70%. We bet it until we have a reason not to, such as an Eagles odds shift or hard turn from the bookmakers.
Last season, Saquon ran the ball 31 times for 167 yards in the Week 17 home game vs. The Cowboys. He only had 66 yards in the Dallas road game, but that was with 14 carries, as he was banged up trying to recover a loose ball and then the Birds pulled the starters anyway. He wound up averaging 4.7 yards per carry with a limited workload.
bet: Barkley over 95.5 rushing yards at -125
4) Recent history suggests the over
Oddsmakers set the over/under for the NFL opener at 47 points, straight up.
The Eagles and Cowboys’ last five games have finished with 48, 40, 46, 51, and 74 points, while three of the four games prior crested 50. The recent data suggests that this number will clear.
On the other hand, maybe both teams come out rusty and have trouble getting started, which could scupper. But even a 28-20 game cashes. 31-17 cashes.
Note that the Ravens and Chiefs played to 47 points to kick off last season on Thursday Night Football and the Eagles and Packers followed it up with a 63-spot in Sao Paulo on Friday night, so we feel pretty good about the over.
bet: over 47 total points at -110
5) Big legs, long field goals
Finally, we go to the kickers.
Brandon Aubrey has one of the best legs in the NFL, and hit from 64 yards in the preseason. He was 14 for 17 from 50+ in 2024.
Jake Elliott, meantime , was 1-7 from 50+ last year, but hit one of his two attempts from the same distance in the postseason and hit from 51 and 53 this summer. If you believe Elliott is back, based on these three preseason games, and trust that Aubrey will be himself, then we play this over.
bet: longest field goal made over 49.5 yards at -115
As a reminder, the prop and odd possibilities are endless when it comes to the NFL. Throw these into a same-game parlay for better odds, or stack the five in a round robin if that’s more of your speed. There are numerous ways to go with this game as we kickstart the regular season. And if you’re unsure, click here to find out which bet365 bonus is best for you.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com