Dallas -4.5, 51.5, -215 ML, +185 Carolina. The situation is Dallas off Monday Night Football vs. Carolina off a Thursday Night Football, Dallas is 0-4 in those situations in franchise history.
The Panthers have been dominant on the defensive side of things allowing less than 14 points in their first 3 games. They have not allowed more than 25 yards to a single rusher this season. One of 3 teams in the Super Bowl era to do that in the first 3 games, none did that in the 4th. Darnold 3 TD, 1 INT and 99.0 passer rating. McCaffery is out for this one. 1st in defense in the league supported with 9th in passing offense and 2nd in time of possession coming in to this one. It’ll be interesting to see how things go for Carolina without their star running back.
Strength vs. Strength as the Cowboys are 5th in time of possession. Two runners with over 180 yard through 3 games, Elliott and Pollard. Prescott has only seen the Panthers once in his career, in 2018 which was a 8-16 loss, he went for 170 Yards in that one. That one was a long time ago and these teams only meet once every three years.
Dallas averaging 30 giving up 23 per game, +5 turnover differential. Carolina averaging 23 and giving up 10 a game. It’ll be interesting to see if this Panthers team is able to hold Dallas anywhere under 30. We see a pretty high point total with team totals at 27.5 for Dallas and 22.5 for the Panthers. Prior to the season most would’ve thought this to be a Dallas win, after three great performances by the Panthers then things look a bit closer. I think too many weapons for Dallas here, my prediction 34-20 Cowboys.