Cowboys-Eagles betting trends and player props

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Well, folks, it doesn't get much uglier than this. On Sunday night, the Eagles (-10.5, 43) host the Cowboys for at least a share of first place in the NFC East through eight weeks. Still, there's value to be found in this otherwise icky matchup.

Here are our favorite trends, props, and bets for Sunday night.

Betting trends

You don't need me to tell you that the Cowboys have been bad without Dak Prescott. They're 3-12-1 against the spread over their last 16 games without him, including 0-2 ATS this year. They're also just the sixth team to start 0-7 ATS over the last 25 years, and the other five clubs went 4-1 ATS during the eighth game of that season.

Could this be Dallas' spot to turn it around? The line on this game suggests otherwise. Double-digit favorites with a losing record, which applies to the Eagles here, are 19-10 ATS since late 2009. Those squads are also 11-4 ATS and 15-0 straight up in that span in Week 8 or earlier.

If you're hoping for offense on Sunday night, don't count on it. These teams have gone 5-2 to the under in their last seven meetings, and the under for all Sunday night matchups is 15-9-1 since the start of the 2019 campaign.

Player props

Boston Scott over 81.5 rushing and receiving yards (-110)

Get ready for the Boston Scott show on Sunday. The Eagles' versatile back finally received a taste of a starter's workload last Thursday. He made it count, logging 46 rushing yards and 46 receiving yards against a sneakily competent Giants defense.

The Cowboys' defense isn't sneaky, it's just incompetent. Through seven games, Dallas has allowed the fourth-most yards to opposing RBs (1,137), which suggests roughly 160 yards of production is up for grabs on Sunday. With Miles Sanders out, Scott will gobble up the biggest share of the Eagles' backfield work.

Ben DiNucci over 14.5 rushing yards (-110)

The biggest wild card in Sunday's game is DiNucci, the rookie seventh-round pick out of James Madison, an FCS school. He hit the ground running a week ago, scampering for 25 yards on three carries despite playing just 12 snaps, and he'll start this week in place of an injured Andy Dalton.

The 23-year-old is likely to experience similar rushing success this week against the Eagles, who are allowing the second-most rushing yards per game to QBs (32.4). DiNucci averaged 34.6 rushing yards over 29 games with the Dukes, suggesting this number is too low, even for his first career NFL start.

Best bet

Under 43

This line is a mess. The Eagles shouldn't be giving 10-plus points to anybody, but they've also shown moments of upside. The Cowboys have not, and now their third-string quarterback is under center.

The one thing we can expect from Dallas is a resilient rushing attack, which is also the best way to expose the Cowboys' defense. Don't expect either side to light up the scoreboard in what should be an ugly affair.

C Jackson Cowart is a betting writer for theScore. He's an award-winning journalist with stops at The Charlotte Observer, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Times Herald-Record, and BetChicago. He's also a proud graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, and his love of sweet tea is rivaled only by that of a juicy prop bet. Find him on Twitter @CJacksonCowart.

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