An NFC East clash on Thursday night gets Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season underway.
The 1- 2 Cowboys remain favorites to make the playoffs (their current odds to reach the postseason are -115 at DraftKings).
They’re already heavy underdogs to win the NFC East behind Philadelphia, though — at DK, the 2-1 Eagles are -185 to win the division, well ahead of the Cowboys at +250 — and their path to an NFC East title will be that much more uphill if they can’t get the job done against the Giants on Thursday night.
New York is 1-2 and coming off an upset win of the Browns in Week 3 in which Daniel Jones and Malik Nabers carried the offense for the second week in a row.
After being blown out at home in their season opener against Minnesota, the Giants have played well enough to win two weeks in a row, but they dropped their Week 2 clash vs. Washington on a last-second field goal.
Cowboys vs. Giants kicks off at 8:15 p.m. ET on Prime Video, with oddsmakers listing the Giants as 5-to-5.5-point home underdogs.
Cowboys vs. Giants Betting Odds
Below are the spread, moneyline and total odds for Cowboys-Giants as of Thursday afternoon.
| DraftKings | FanDuel | ESPN BET | bet365 | |
| DAL spread | -5 (-110) | -5.5 (-114) | -5.5 (-115) | -5 (-110) |
| NYG spread | +5 (-110) | +5.5 (-106) | +5.5 (-105) | +5 (-110) |
| DAL ML | -225 | -250 | -240 | -245 |
| NYG ML | +185 | +205 | +200 | +200 |
| Total | 45 (o-108; u-112) | 45.5 (o-105; u-115) | 44.5 (o-115; u-105) | 45 (o-110; u-110) |
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Dallas Cowboys Betting News, Analysis
If the Cowboys’ blowout loss at home to New Orleans in Week 2 didn’t raise questions about this team’s outlook for the year, then its performance last week against Baltimore certainly did.
Dallas boasts star power at QB, WR and DE, but based on the last two weeks, this team looks incapable of stopping the run. That is going to make it hard to win games, regardless of how well Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons play.
The Saints ran the ball 39 times for 190 yards against the Cowboys in Week 2, and the Dallas run D had an even worse day against the Ravens. Baltimore did whatever it wanted to on the ground for four quarters, as Derrick Henry piled up 151 yards on 25 carries, Lamar Jackson added 87 yards rushing and Justice Hill went for 33 yards on just five rushing attempts.
Dallas’s vulnerability against teams that can run the ball, build a lead and neutralize the Parsons-led pass rush is nothing new. In fact, it’s arguably the single-biggest reason the Packers were able to blow out this team in the playoffs last year. If coordinator Mike Zimmer’s defense doesn’t get much better at stopping the run in a hurry, Dallas will be lucky to reach the playoffs.
Offensively, Dak Prescott is off to a solid start to the year, but he needs his team’s running game to come alive to provide balance. The Dallas offense also needs a complementary receiver to step up to prevent opposing defenses from doubling CeeDee Lamb and tight end Jake Ferguson, who are only the proven pass-catchers on this roster.
New York Giants Betting News, Analysis
The Giants are underrated defensively, and they’ve played well on that side of the ball the last two weeks, holding Washington and Cleveland to 21 and 15 points, respectively.
The main reason the Giants’ preseason win total was set at just 6.5 was skepticism around the Jones-led offense. With questions around its QB — who struggled when healthy in 2023 — Saquon Barkley out of the mix and a pedestrian group of receivers led by Nabers, a rookie first-rounder, preseason expectations for the N.Y. offense were not high.
So far, though, Nabers has exceeded even the most optimistic projections anyone had for him. He was dominant each of the last two weeks, with a total of 18 receptions for 205 yards receiving and three TDs against the Commanders and Browns. Thanks in large part to Nabers, Jones’ numbers through three weeks (62-of-104 passing for 600 yards, 4 TDs and 2 picks) have been OK, though he’s still averaging just 5.8 yards per attempt.
Expect a heavy dose of Nabers every week until an opposing secondary manages to slow him down. The Giants will also feature RB Devin Singletary in this game given the success Dallas’s last two opponents had on the ground.
If the Giants can get Singletary, who is averaging 4.7 yards per carry on 14 carries per game through three weeks, and the ground game going, they’ll have a good chance to keep this game close, if not pull off the upset.
But if they get behind early, this one could get ugly. Last year, Dallas had halftime leads of over 20 points in both the meetings between these teams en route to two wins by a combined score of 89-17.
Cowboys vs. Giants Prediction, Best Bets
Most division rivalry games are hard to predict, but Dallas has owned the Giants throughout Jones’ career.
In tonight’s matchup, the Cowboys should find a way to keep the N.Y. ground game in check, even if they have to bring extra defenders into the box to do so.
If Jones has to beat Dallas through the air, Cowboys corner Trevon Diggs will have his work cut out for him covering Nabers, but he is capable of preventing the Giants’ young stud from singlehandedly shredding the Cowboys secondary.
Relying on Nabers has been a recipe for success for Jones the last two weeks, but we’ve not seen anything the last two years to convince us Jones can outscore Prescott and the Dallas offense if Nabers is held in check.
The recent history of this rivalry, and the expectation that the Dallas run D will respond after two embarrassing showings in a row, is (barely) enough for us to back the Cowboys to cover on Thursday night, but don’t be surprised if the Giants keep things interesting.
Cowboys vs. Giants Best Bets
- Cowboys -5 (-110 at DraftKings)
- Giants Team Total Under 19.5 (+104 at FD)
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