NFC East: Cowboys ridin' solo

After an interesting start to the NFL season with gambling at an all time high, the Dallas Cowboys have risen to the top and stayed there. And not just in the NFC East, they are tied for the second best record in the NFL at 5-1. Bettors have treated them as such giving much more repesct and trust towards the Cowboys rather than earlier in the season. However, they are undefeated (6-0) against the spread. Favored in four of those games which leads the NFC East. With their high powered offense, they've hit the over in total points 5 out of the six games which leads the NFL. According to Sports Betting Dime, in week six, the Cowboys were picked by 81% of bettors to cover the spread, Washington was picked 3%, Giants at 12%, and the Eagles were picked 7% of the time by all bettors.

Washington has surprisingly hit the over in four games. This is surprising because they only did that six times all of last season. However, they have been the opposite of the Cowboys against the spread. Following their 0-3 start they've only covered the spread once in six games, and take make matters worse Ryan Fitzpatrick does not look like he will be coming back before week eight. He's eligible to come off the injured reserve on week nine but the team still doesn't know if he will be ready by then. Washington is also the only team to fail to cover the spread four times at home (0-4).

The New York Giants have been hit the with the injury bug with their top three receivers not playing in last weeks game. The Giants are 2-4 against the spread which is to be expected given the smaller sample size. Over the last three years the Giants are about .500 against the spread. The expected number of wins against the spread should be around eight games this year with the extra game on the schedule this year.

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The Philadelphia Eagles are .500 this year against the spread at 3-3. The last time they went .500 was in 2017 (the year of their super bowl), so this is somewhat surprising and it is not expected for this trend to continue. Bettors are certainly not believers in Philadelphia as only 7% of them picked them this past week. As the season continues, the line will likely fluctuate game to game because of this low percentage. All betting lines for week seven can be found here.