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Gurley must've down himself at the 1 after a 50 yard run to end the game. That's why the score doesn't reflect the yards...30-21 doesn't seem like slaughter
Gurley must've down himself at the 1 after a 50 yard run to end the game. That's why the score doesn't reflect the yards...30-21 doesn't seem like slaughter
Be that as it may, this game isn't just Dak v Goff, it's the Cowboys v the Rams. And while Dak is probably higher quality at ball protection than Goff, the team stats are what I referenced. As a team, the Rams took the ball away 10 times more than the Cowboys and gave it away 2 times less. They generated 80 more yards per game and 11 or 12 more points per game.
They score points, protect the ball and do it effectively.
This is not a non-win, I think there is an opportunity for the Cowboys to win. But there are good reasons the odds are being set as they are.
I just spoke to an odds maker and he advised me "Dallas is getting slaughtered." I'm trying to wonder "what do these people know that we don't know?"
"The Rams have yet to win a postseason game under coach Sean McVay's leadership, but based on the opening betting lines from Las Vegas that could be about to change. The opening betting line had the gave the Rams a seven-point spread with an over/under of 49 points, while SportsLine had the home team coming away with a 30-21 win."
He's close enough he could just go to Tijuana for that except I think they use males instead.A friend of mine is a Ram's season ticket holder. He wanted Philly.
I am VERY hopeful that the young rams will suffer from the same malais that got the 2007 Cowboys.
We are going to do to the Rams what Clemson did to Alabama. World get ready to be shocked.
I would consider that the Rams play in a weaker division (they got to play SF and AZ for four games), so that has to account for some of their good fortune (I could also counter that and say they had some tough opponents: KC, Chi, NO, LAC). But, IMO, they play in a weaker division, overall, that we do. But the bottom line is that they went 13-3 and earned a bye...that has to account for something. Where I think we may have a little edge is that our guys are on a roll, while their guys have sat for two weeks (Gurly for about a month). I'm hoping that Mo is on our side.Be that as it may, this game isn't just Dak v Goff, it's the Cowboys v the Rams. And while Dak is probably higher quality at ball protection than Goff, the team stats are what I referenced. As a team, the Rams took the ball away 10 times more than the Cowboys and gave it away 2 times less. They generated 80 more yards per game and 11 or 12 more points per game.
They score points, protect the ball and do it effectively.
This is not a non-win, I think there is an opportunity for the Cowboys to win. But there are good reasons the odds are being set as they are.
The betting line is about getting both sides of the wager to bet equal money. Betting lines are in reality not very accurate to outcomes.
We very well may.
Probably could get anyone to bet on the ramsI don’t get how they are coming up with the Rams being favored by 7.
The matchups favor us enough that even if you really liked the Rams I would think it would be no more then 3.5.
If we show up and run all over them then they don’t have a very good chance of beating us.
Also, how can they trust Goff against our pass rush?
Be that as it may, this game isn't just Dak v Goff, it's the Cowboys v the Rams. And while Dak is probably higher quality at ball protection than Goff, the team stats are what I referenced. As a team, the Rams took the ball away 10 times more than the Cowboys and gave it away 2 times less. They generated 80 more yards per game and 11 or 12 more points per game.
They score points, protect the ball and do it effectively.
This is not a non-win, I think there is an opportunity for the Cowboys to win. But there are good reasons the odds are being set as they are.
I just spoke to an odds maker and he advised me "Dallas is getting slaughtered." I'm trying to wonder "what do these people know that we don't know?"
"The Rams have yet to win a postseason game under coach Sean McVay's leadership, but based on the opening betting lines from Las Vegas that could be about to change. The opening betting line had the gave the Rams a seven-point spread with an over/under of 49 points, while SportsLine had the home team coming away with a 30-21 win."