Cowboys open as underdogs to the 49ers
The Dallas Cowboys are now past their official bye and begin preparations for their Week 8 matchup versus the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers have been the Cowboys nemesis lately, knocking them out of the playoffs and crushing them in a regular-season game last year. Not exactly the opponent Dallas wants to see coming out of their bye while trying to right their season.
Surprisingly, the 49ers are also struggling this year. They have been missing Christian McCaffrey with injury, and now may have lost Brandon Aiyuk for the year with an ACL tear. The 49ers have been going through an injury crisis similar to the Cowboys. Both teams are sporting sub-par records for teams expected to contend in the NFC before the season began. Dallas is 3-3 and San Francisco is 3-4.
The Cowboys will be on the road for this game which is actually where they play better this season. The oddsmakers at FanDuel have installed the 49er as 5.5-point favorites in the game.
Do you have any confidence that the Cowboys can cover that? Would you put money on Dallas?
