{"id":2952,"date":"2008-12-07T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/cowboys-steelers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-07T10:13:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T15:13:00","slug":"cowboys-steelers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/cowboys-steelers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys-Steelers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Heinz Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cowboys, while the game’s total is sitting at 38\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tony Romo threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Cowboys to a 34-9 win over the Seahawks in Week 13. The Cowboys covered the 12.5-point spread, while the 43 points fell UNDER the posted total of 47.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason Witten caught nine passes for 115 yards and a TD. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Steelers defeated New England<\/st1:place> 33-10 as a 1-point underdog last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (39). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ben Roethlisberger passed for 179 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Hines Ward caught five passes for 37 yards with a touchdown. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-4 SU, 6-6 ATS
Pittsburgh: 9-3 SU, 6-6 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in December are 5-5
When playing on grass are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing outside the division are 8-2<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in December are 6-4
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing outside the division are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Dallas is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Pittsburgh’s last 8 games at home
Pittsburgh is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Pittsburgh’s last 16 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to NY Giants, Sunday, December 14
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Heinz Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cowboys, while the game’s total is sitting at 38\u00bd. Tony Romo threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Cowboys … Continue reading Cowboys-Steelers Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}