NFL: Dallas Cowboys VS Minnesota Vikings Prediction and Picks 11/20/2022

Game Time:  4:25 PM ET, Sunday, November 20th, 2022

Venue: US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Where to Watch:  CBS

FanDuel: point spread: Cowboys -1.5; 47.5 O/U

BetMGM:  Cowboys -1.5; 47.5 O/U

Caesars:  Cowboys -1.5; 47.5 O/U

Cowboys: 6-3, 3rd place NFC East

Vikings: 8-1, 1st place NFC North

Aa NFL NFC battle!  The real deal matchup of teams that expect a postseason.  THe spread seems messed up.  The spread seems wrong.  The Cowboys are favored on the road against a team with a better record?... How does that make sense?.  The Great Betting Opportunity is about finding out how wrong or how right Vegas is through the numbers.  The Dallas Cowboys had early struggles in the season that were all tied to QB Dak Prescott feeling out new weapons in a new season… then Dak got hurt.. While Dak was out backup QB Cooper Rush won 3 games in a row before a loss… Then Dak got the job back and the results have been up and down.  Dak is not among the great QB’s in the league… That is a fact.  Dak is a team manager (bus driver) with an OK arm. Dak beat Detroit and Chicago and lost to Green Bay… who cares?... None of those results are inspiring… You are supposed to beat Detroit and Chicago… and Dak will always lose to Aaron Rodgers.  Vegas is betting hard on the amount of people who bet on the Cowboys because of fandom.  The Minnesota Vikings only have 1 loss all season and that was to Philadelphia way back in Game 2.  The Vikings have been some kind of magic winning close game after close game…. AND coming back from deficit after deficit.  QB Kirk Cousins is much maligned… but man does he have a lot of wins!  The Vikings are being disrespected in this betting line because of their lousy defensive numbers…. And also because they haven’t beat many good teams outside of Miami… sometimes that is how the schedule breaks down.  Still…. What have the Cowboys done ot say they are 1 of the better teams in the league?

The Dallas Cowboys lost their last game to the lowly Green Bay Packers 31-28.  QB Dak Prescott threw 27-46 for 265 yards with 3 TDs and 2 INTs.  Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb had 150 yards on 11 receptions for 2 TDs.  The WOW factor was present all game long as both offenses hit big plays and got clutch points… only the Packers got more by a slim margin.  Cowboys RB Tony Pollard got 115 yards on 22 carries for 1 TD… It was all fun for Tony.  The problem with the Cowboys is one of leadership.  The Head Coach made yet another wild call with an attempt on 4th down when they could have had a field goal.  Dak made 2 tosses that got picked off with ease.  The Leaders of the Cowboys need to get together and say “We need wins more than these embarrassments.

The Minnesota Vikings got to dance on a plane again while wearing each other’s gold chains! Sound stupid?  It’s not!  It is literally how you keep everyone involved throughout a season. The Vikings are on a 7-game winning streak!  Pretty great for a team with an overlooked quarterback who is throwing to the best young receiver in the league… possibly the best receiver period. WR Justin Jefferson had 193 yards on 10 receptions… One of those receptions was a one-handed catch… a magical one-handed catch that literally pried the ball from the defender and landed not only the catch, but the BIG first down!.  JJ is the best receiver… we all saw it on SportCenter. QB Kirk Cousins was 30-50 for 357 passing yards with 1 TD and 2 INT.  The Vikings have the ability to weather another team’s best punch and then kill that other team late.  That sort of ability is worth an airplane dance.  Yes, The Vikings have not beaten the best teams in the league… but they beat the Packers!  The Cowboys did not.

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RECENT FORM

DAL: 6-3, 6-3 ATS, 3-5-1 O/U, 2-2 on the road.

MIN: 8-1, 4-4-1, 5-4 O/U, 4-0 in home games.

The Cowboys are 11th in scoring with 23.4 points per game, 24th in total yards with 333.1 per game, 26th in passing yards with 198.6 per game, 8th in rushing yards with 134.6 per game.

The Vikings are 8th in scoring with 25.1 per game, 18th in total yards with 355.8 per game, 7th in passing yards with 248.8 per game, and 23rd in rushing with 107. Per game

The Cowboys defense is 12th in defense of total yards with 324.8 per game, 4th in defense of passing yards with 181.7 per game, 29th in rushing yards with 143.1 per game, and 5th in points allowed with 18.2 per game.

The Vikings defense is 29th in defense (bottom 3) of total yards with 381.2 per game, 29th in defense of passing yards with 262.9 per game allowed, 16th in rushing yards with 118.3 allowed per game, and 14th in defense of scoring with 21.2 per game.

Our prediction for Sunday, November 20th is… Vikings 29 - Cowboys 27

 

Tale the points and Bet on the Vikings!  Put those points in your pocket!  The Cowboys have not stunned anyone anywhere and Dak doesn’t tend to do that anyway. Meanwhile WR Justin Jefferson is worth 150 passing yards by himself.  

 

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The Cowboys are 3-10 ATS when the line is +3 to -3 the last 3 seasons.

The Vikings are 40-22 ATS in home games where the total is between 45.5 and 49 points since 1992.

Cowboys: QB Dak Prescott, RB Tony Pollard, WR Michael Gallup, WR Noah Brown, WR CeeDee Lamb, TE Dalton Schultz,  LT Tyler Smith, LG Connor McGovern, RG Zach Martin, RT Terence Steele

Vikings: QB Kirk Cousins, RB Dalvin Cook, WR KJ Osborn, WR Justin Jefferson, WR Adam Thielen, TE TJ Hockenson, LT Christian Darisaw, LG Ezra Cleveland, C Garrett Bradbury, RG Ed Ingram, RT Brian O’Neill

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