{"id":3080,"date":"2008-12-20T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/ravens-cowboys-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T09:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T14:37:00","slug":"ravens-cowboys-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/ravens-cowboys-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens-Cowboys Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Texas Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Cowboys listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Ravens, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 39. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Ravens lost to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 13-9 as a 3-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (34). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Joe Flacco threw for 115 yards with two interceptions for <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Le&#8217;Ron McClain rushed for 87 yards on 23 carries. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cowboys defeated the Giants 20-8 as a 3-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (46.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tony Romo passed for 244 yards with a pair of touchdowns for <st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Tashard Choice rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown on nine carries. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 9-5 SU, 10-4 ATS <br \/>Dallas: 9-5 SU, 7-7 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 5-5<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing outside the division are 5-5<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 4-6<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the division are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Baltimore is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Baltimore is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Baltimore is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas<br \/>Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 28<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 28<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Texas Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Cowboys listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Ravens, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 39. The Ravens lost to Pittsburgh 13-9 as a 3-point favorite last &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/ravens-cowboys-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ravens-Cowboys Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-3080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080","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=3080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}