The Dallas Cowboys are arriving into their game vs the Seattle Seahawks with a dismal performance a week ago vs Philadelphia. They’ll need some simpler competitions to build back some momentum, and the visiting Seattle Seahawks might be the best opportunity. Dallas has couple of challenges, in fact, over its next five matches, needing to play just one (Buffalo Bills) that has a winning record.
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The Seattle Seahawks have been inconsistent all year to date, and there’s little reason to expect otherwise this Sunday when the two teams play in Dallas. The annoyance was visible a week ago as Seattle gave up two tds late in the game, while just scoring one of their own the complete afternoon.
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The Hawks are 2-5 this year, and 1-3 on the road. Their home record is slightly better at 1-2. They just score an average of 15.6 points per game, while allowing 23.1 points per game. The Cowboys are somewhat better, averaging 22.3 points per game, while additionally permitting 23.1. Nonetheless, their record is somewhat better at 3-4, with a 2-1 home record.
In fact, the Seattle Seahawks are so poor on offense this year that they have won 17 or fewer points in five matches of their seven total. Last week, Seattle competed against Cincinnati, losing at home 34-12, with merely a single touchdown. A punt return turning into a touchdown, and a pick turning into another touchdown in the final seconds of the game, were late errors that buried the Seattle Seahawks and worked to the advantage of Cincinnati.
Dallas has its own worries coming into Sunday’s game, nevertheless, they’re experiencing some accidents, which might leave them more short-handed than they would otherwise like to be. They’ll be absent their lead tackler, punter, cornerback, and also one of their running backs, a few of whom might come back in the following weeks, but all of whom might be absent this week’s game.
The sportsbook is predicting a Cowboys win, listing them as the -11 1/2 favorites over the Seattle Seahawks. The over/under is established at 44.
Nov 052011