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2023 NFL Betting Season Specials: Dallas Cowboys

by Mike Allen - 9/5/2023

NFL betting season specials Dallas Cowboys Micah Parsons

You may call them America's Team or 'Dem Boys, but the Dallas Cowboys, love them or hate them, are a potential Super Bowl contender. I know you guys don't want to hear it. I'm not a fan of this team at all, but watch out…

Dallas projects to have the best defense in the NFL this season. They trimmed the Ezekiel Elliott fat in the running game, and Tony Pollard finished second in the NFL in yards/carry last season with 5.2. That was a full yard better than the rest of the team combined.

If they feed this beast, Dak Prescott doesn't have to be Superman. That's imperative, though, because he will never be the difference-maker. On a team like Dallas, who is loaded at the skill positions with a top defense, Dak only needs to do a little more than Trent Dilfer.

Today, we have some season special betting odds for Dallas. We chose our best bets for the Boys.

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Ceedee Lamb With 100+ Yards Receiving in 8+ Regular Season Games: +450

Ceedee Lamb's numbers have improved every year over his first three full seasons in the NFL, which is reassuring, but it is hard to project yet another progression.

It isn't likely, of course, but Lamb is such a threat over the top, that he can rack up a lot of yards in a very short amount of time. I love that Dallas seems to have shored up their problem running the ball because we have to keep the pressure off of Prescott.

He needs to think of himself as the facilitator and no more. Hopefully, in his eighth NFL season, he has accepted this.

I see the Cowboys running the ball heavily. That should open up the length of the field for Lamb, and hopefully, he can put together eight 100-yard receiving games.

Any Dallas Player to Have 15+ Rush or Reception TDs: +200

The aforementioned Lamb is the most likely Dallas player to get to 15 touchdowns, but we do have another candidate. The starting running back, Pollard, is someone I project to exceed all expectations in 2023.

If Lamb can't get there, Pollard has an outside chance. That isn't my favorite betting play out of this bunch, but I do project 'Dem Boys to break out in 2023 and potentially play in the Super Bowl.

This team is stacked. The Cowboys ranked in the top five of the NFL a year ago in points per game. That number only gets better in 2023, as it appears they have fixed their running game. That was the initial problem.

If Dallas had averaged five yards a carry on the ground instead of four, the issues with Prescott would have been minor, at the most.

You guys are going to see a different team this season. If their No. 1 projected defense can finish the season in the Top 5, the Cowboys have a great chance to win the NFC Championship.

Tony Pollard or Ceedee Lamb to Have 1750+ Yards from Scrimmage: +300

I like this play a bit more than the last one because we are getting a "Yards from scrimmage" betting line on Pollard with yards through the air counting as well. Prescott will have to lean heavily on him for the team to succeed.

Do opposing safeties want to get beat over the top by Lamb, or would they prefer the slow death of only being able to watch as Pollard pounds away between the tackles for 60 minutes?

Either way, they are opening the door for either player to eclipse 1,750 yards from scrimmage.

Micah Parsons to Have 18+ Sacks: +450

It isn’t just Micah Parsons who is disrupting backfields and causing quarterbacks to make mistakes. The Dallas Cowboys had the highest quarterback pressure rate for a defense in 2022.

I love that stat because it tells me it isn't just him. The team has the highest-rated defense overall headed into the 2023 season. Sure, Parsons will garner some double teams, but opposing defenses will play honest sooner or later.

I am hoping for sooner, because Micah Parsons is an exceptional talent who just seems to be in the direct vicinity of the football at all times.

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