Washington vs Cowboys Thanksgiving Betting Preview, Odds and Pick

At the end of September, it was hard to imagine that this Thanksgiving Day matchup would have any significance. Yet, here we are as both the Washington Football Team and the Dallas Cowboys are a half game out of first place in the NFC East.

The winner of this game will have the divisional tie breaker and a good chance at supplanting the Eagles as the division leader.

Will Washington get a big Turkey Day road win or will Dallas defend their home turf and stuff Washington’s attempt to leapfrog them in the standings? Kickoff inside AT&T Stadium is at 4:30PM ET.

Washington vs Dallas Live Odds and Betting History

The following odds are courtesy of BetOnline:

Teams	Spread	Money Lines	Totals
Washington Football Team	+2.5 (-110)	+120	Over 46.5 (-110)
Dallas Cowboys	-2.5 (-110)	-140	Under 46.5 (-110)

Betting Data	Washington Football Team	Dallas Cowboys
2020 Record	3-7	3-7
2020 Home	3-3	2-3
2020 Away	0-4	1-4
2020 ATS	4-5-1	2-8
2020 ATS Home	3-2-1	1-4
2020 ATS Away	1-3	1-4
2020 O/U	4-5-1	5-5
2020 O/U Home	2-3-1	3-2
2020 O/U Away	2-2	2-3

Washington vs Cowboys NFL Game Preview

These divisional rivals have played against each other 121 times. Dallas holds a commanding lead in this all-time rivalry with a record of 73-46-2. These two teams played last month and Washington won 25 to 3. Dallas has won four straight games at home versus Washington.

The Cowboys have been an annual fixture on Thanksgiving since 1966 and have a Turkey Day record of 31-20-1. Last year, they lost at home versus Buffalo.

Washington last played on Thanksgiving in 2017 and beat the Giants. They’re just 3-8 overall on this Holiday.

• The Washington Football Team (3-7) got a nice win in Week 11 against the Bengals. The victory snapped a two game losing streak and improved the Football Team to 2-2 in their last four games. Washington appears to have found a groove on offense with Alex Smith at QB. Can they sweep Dallas this season?
• The Dallas Cowboys (3-7) is 2-3 at home and hopes to improve to .500 at AT&T Stadium. If they can, then this team will sit at the top of the NFC East division despite looking horrible for most of the year so far. Dallas snapped a four game losing streak with an upset victory over the Vikings in Week 11.

Head to Head Betting Trends

• Dallas is 7-3 SU in last 10 games
• Dallas is 6-4 ATS in last 10 meetings
• Over is 8-2 in last 10 matchups
• Over is 5-0 in last five games at Dallas

Washington Football Team Betting Trends

• 3-11 SU in last 14 games
• 0-6 SU in last nine road games
• 10-21 SU in last 31 NFC games
• 4-12 SU in last 16 divisional games
• 2-9 SU in last 11 turf games
• 3-7 SU in last 10 November games
• 3-7 ATS in last 10 NFC games
• 4-10 ATS in last 14 divisional games
• Under is 4-2 in last six games

Dallas Cowboys Betting Trends

• 14-4 SU in last 18 divisional games
• 1-4 SU in last five games
• 5-15 ATS when the spread is +3 to -3pts
• 2-8 ATS this season
• 1-4 ATS in last five home games
• 9-4 ATS in last 13 November games
• 2-8 ATS in last 10 games
• 1-7 ATS in last eight NFC games
• Under is 4-1 in last five games
• Under is 4-1 in last five November games

The spread opened as Even before it rose as high as -3 points for Dallas. Since then, the spread has come down to -2.5 in favor of Dallas with most NFL betting sites. The Over/Under opened at 48 points and has come down to 46.5 total points with most online betting sites.

Free Thanksgiving Sports Bet and Game Prediction: Dallas (-140)

This is a revenge game of sorts as Dallas looks to avenge the nasty hit that a Washington defender put on Andy Dalton when he was sliding to the ground in their first matchup. The hit knocked out Dalton for a few weeks due to a serious concussion.

Dalton returned in Week 11 to help the Cowboys upset the Minnesota Vikings 31 to 28. He threw 3 touchdown passes and running back Ezekiel Elliott also ran for 103 yards. This was the best offensive performance by the Cowboys since they lost Dak Prescott for the year.

Dallas will have their offensive chances this week against Washington who gives up 120.4 rushing yards per game and 22.7ppg. However, the Football Team is stingy against the pass only allowing 217.6 passing ypg. Furthermore, they do get after the quarterback with that ferocious front four.

Finally! There will be a victory Monday here in Washington.

A much needed win for the @WashingtonNFL beating Cincy today, 20-9.

Let’s hear it for Alex Smith, his first win as a starting QB since November 11, 2018.

What a story. Bring on Dallas. pic.twitter.com/zquabbpBY1

— Scott Abraham (@ScottABC7) November 22, 2020

For the Cowboys to win, they will need to play solid defense and lean on the running game like last weekend against the Vikings.

I like Washington, but they’re 0-4 on the road this season. In fact, they’ve lost six straight road games. Furthermore, they’re just 4-12 SU in their last 16 NFC East games.

Dallas is 2-3 at home this year, meaning they’ve won most of their games at AT&T Stadium. Dallas is 8-2 SU in their last 10 games against the Washington Football Team.

I expect Andy Dalton to come out and continue his game management style of play this week. I also expect Dallas to lean heavily on Elliott and backup RB Tony Pollard to find success against this Washington defense. It will set up their play action pass, which will be needed against this solid pass defense.

If Washington can shut down the run this week then they will win the game. However, I believe Dallas will pull out the victory on Thanksgiving and celebrate with all of the traditional Turkey Day foods.

Washington vs Dallas Betting Recap:

• Oddsmaker: BetOnline
• Moneylines: Washington (+120) vs Dallas (-140)
• Spread: Dallas -2.5 (-110)
• Over/Under: 46.5 total points (-110)
• Prediction: Dallas 21 – Washington 20