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The Dallas Cowboys are one of the hottest teams in the NFL over the last month. The only thing to mar their sparkling work was a cruel loss to the Philadelphia Eagles because of a botched first-and-goal situation at the end of the game.
And at home, the Cowboys are killers. Over the course of the season, they have won by a combined score of 205 to 60. That’s simply outrageous in the NFL. They are also on a 13-game winning streak at home.
The Seattle Seahawks come limping into the game having lost three of their last four, and lost their status among the NFC upper class. They still sport a winning record, 6-5, but just barely.
Given that this game is at home for Dallas, DraftKings Sportsbook has the Cowboys as 9.5-point favorites over the Seahawks. But that line is expanding, it started at seven points earlier in the week. The money is going on Dallas.
Let’s see what some other sites say about the game.
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Taking the Cowboys here would feel like buying too high on them and selling too low on Seattle.
The Cowboys are clearly the better team, and they’ve dominated at home, but getting more than a touchdown seems like too much value to pass up with Seattle. Dallas’ dominance in recent weeks makes me nervous here though.
Pick: Seahawks +7.5
Here we have a pick for Seattle to cover, even at the previous 7.5 line which has now grown. It’s a bold pick given Dallas’ recent home dominance and covering the spread.
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Week 13 kicks off Thursday night with two teams who both played on Thanksgiving Day, but had very different outcomes.
Last Thursday, the Cowboys dominated the Commanders from start to finish in a 45-10 victory, while the Seahawks got destroyed at home, 31-13, by the 49ers.
As I mentioned last week about taking Dallas as a double-digit home favorite, taking them here as just over touchdown favorites is another opportunity you can’t pass up.
The Cowboys have arguably been the best team at home in the NFL this season, going 5-0 ATS and straight up, outscoring opponents, 205-60, and averaging 41 points per game at AT&T Stadium.
Seattle is 5-5-1 against the spread this year, but has failed to cover the spread in five of its previous seven contests.
Following their Week 5 bye, the Seahawks are 3-4, but notably have lost all three road games by a combined score of 71-32.
Facing a so-so Seattle defense, lay the points with the Cowboys’ league-best offense at home in this spot.
This is where a lot of the action is at; Dallas covering with their potent offense and opportunistic defense, at home.
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The Seahawks and Cowboys clash on Thursday Night Football to open the NFL Week 13 schedule. It isn’t getting any easier for the Seahawks after they were pressed into duty against the 49ers on Thanksgiving.
Geno Smith ultimately started the game after dealing with a shoulder injury all week. However, Smith was under constant pressure and never appeared to be comfortable in the pocket. With a dangerous Cowboys’ pass rush up next, Smith should face similar issues in Arlington, Texas.
A week after blowing out the Commanders, expect the Cowboys to pull away with their defense and assert their dominance.
Another vote for Cowboys dominance.
AZ Central
The Cowboys are rolling , but none of their victories have come against a team that currently has a winning record. That will change with a win over the 6-5 Seahawks this week. Dallas will move to 6-0 at home.
Prediction: Cowboys 27, Seahawks 20
If the Seahawks can keep things this close, they would cover. This feels like betting that Dallas is going to eventually have a down game at home and allow a team to stay close.
Some of the Blogging The Boys staff are making picks this season using Tallysight. Here is what we have for all of the Week 13 games, including the Cowboys game.
Diamond Dallas Page is a professional wrestling veteran who’s watched many personalities throughout the years. However, while he’s a big fan of modern stars like Sami Zayn and Cody Rhodes, he believes the best character around at the moment is someone he worked with in WCW early on in his career.
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“Who’s better than Paul Heyman? I mean, really,” DDP said on the “Drinks with Johnny” podcast. “I think the greatest character in professional wrestling right now is Paul Heyman.”
DDP has been impressed with Heyman’s work with The Bloodline, where he’s served as the “Wiseman” to Roman Reigns’ “Tribal Chief.” However, he believes that Heyman is destined to form a faction or faux company of his own someday.
“I’m going to predict something — this is totally off the wall… Paul Heyman gets fired [in storyline] and starts his own, can’t call it ECW anymore, but whatever the hell the name of it is and goes into opposition with WWE.”
It remains to be seen when Heyman will return to WWE television, as he’s been missing since The Bloodline powerbombed him through a table on the June 28 episode of “SmackDown.” The personality will undoubtedly be aligned with Roman Reigns when he returns to action, which should allow him to showcase more of the great character work that DDP — and many wrestling fans — have grown fond of.
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Summer was just getting started when Dallas City Council member Jesse Moreno set off alarm bells about a vacant city-owned building that had been vandalized and ravaged just blocks from City Hall.
That this happened under the noses of city leaders was embarrassing, but even worse, it was expensive. The building at 711 S. St. Paul St. was no longer suitable for public use, covered in graffiti, with its plumbing and wiring ripped out and its rooms reeking of feces and urine. It required a cleaning company to remove the biohazards throughout.
By Aug. 28, after intense debate, the City Council voted to sell the building at auction.
If you interact with City Hall regularly, you know that glaciers move faster. By those standards, the council’s decision to liquidate the property three months after the squatting and the vandalism came to its attention is, well, progress.
So we couldn’t help but sigh in frustration when Dallas preservationists stepped in to say this building that no one but squatters paid any mind to for so long — not city officials, not the preservationists — is in a historic district recognized by the National Register of Historic Places. Wouldn’t it be a shame if it were demolished? The leader of a preservation group suggested the city advertise the availability of state and federal preservation tax credits along with the property.
Why complicate the matter? The city was right to stick to a basic advertisement for an auction Oct. 2. Find out what the market wants and sell off the property. Take care of this nuisance to residents and business owners.
Under the council’s chosen two-tier bidding process, potential buyers will offer a price for the property as-is and one for just the land, with the understanding that the city would demolish the building before transferring the property.
As for this historic building, we’re not talking about John Neely Bryan’s original cabin here. The low-slung structure was built in 1947 and served as a regional plant for American Optical, an eyewear company. Not exactly the stuff of postcards (or city manager recruitment brochures).
Perhaps there is a developer out there who would pay top dollar for an anonymous building that has been stripped of the infrastructure that made it functional — maybe someone who is passionate about the history of American eyewear manufacturing. That developer would have to apply for and agree to the strings attached to preservation tax credits, which require that properties be rehabilitated according to meticulous federal standards. That seems unlikely.
The city’s economic development department is right when it says that a one-story building is not the highest and best use for the land. This is an area that is set to be transformed by the redevelopment of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center and where higher density is planned.
We often lament how the city doesn’t take care of its history, but the drama with 711 S. St. Paul St. is a chapter that City Hall should be eager to close.
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There is no rest when it comes to the NFL. The Dallas Cowboys just got absolutely crushed by the New Orleans Saints, 44-19. It was a very disappointing effort by the home team, especially after looking elite in their Week 1 win over the Cleveland Browns. Now, they get the Baltimore Ravens at home for Week 3.
The Ravens were supposed to be legitimate contenders this year, but they have struggled to get their season going. They will come into AT&T Stadium next Sunday without a win. They lost in Week 1 to the Kansas City Chiefs, then lost to the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 2.
So you will have two desperate teams coming into Week 3. The Cowboys will be trying to erase the memory of the beatdown from the Saints, while the Ravens will be fighting to save their season. Coming back from an 0-3 start can be very difficult.
If you watched the Saints game, you might be surprised that the Cowboys are favored in Week 3 by 1.5 points. But when you consider they are at home, and the Ravens are struggling to win, it makes a little more sense.
What’s your take BTB? Would lay money on the Cowboys as the favorites against the Ravens.
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