The Eagles are playing some outright dominant defense, and have taken that surge to the top of the NFC at 8-2.<\/p>\n
Now they have the rival Cowboys up next on the road in Dallas, after clearing out arguably the last tough stretch of their schedule with back-to-back wins over the Packers and Lions.<\/p>\n
Jalen Hurts and the offense are still leaving a lot to be desired, but will this Sunday start to turn the corner for them, while the team overall stays on its hot streak and completes a possible season sweep of Dallas?<\/p>\n
Here are the betting odds and the PV staff’s predictions for how Week 12 (and Kelly Green Week) will go…<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0GAME INFO\u00a0\u20222025 Regular Season Week 12<\/p>\n
Eagles (7-2) at Cowboys (4-5-1)Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET | AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX)
BROADCAST INFO<\/p>\n
TV: FOX (Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi)<\/p>\n
RADIO:\u00a094.1 WIP (Merrill Reese, Mike Quick, Devan Kaney)<\/p>\n
BETTING LINES<\/p>\n
Week 12 betting odds<\/p>\n
Sportsbook\u00a0Spread\u00a0Money Line\u00a0Total O\/U\u00a0\u00a0DraftKingsPHI -3.5\u00a0PHI -198
DAL +16449.5\u00a0FanDuel\u00a0PHI -3.5PHI -190
DAL +16049.5\u00a0BetRivers\u00a0PHI -3.5PHI -215
DAL +17049.5BetMGM\u00a0PHI -3.5PHI -210
DAL +17049.5\u00a0Hard Rock Bet\u00a0PHI -3.5PHI -200
DAL +16549\u00a0<\/p>\n
*Lines as of Tuesday, Nov. 18<\/p>\n
Jimmy Kempski (8-2)<\/p>\n
Eagles 24, Cowboys 16<\/p>\n
I’m seeing a whole lot of people picking the Cowboys in this matchup, which I understand. They have an explosive offense, an improving defense, players returning from injury in bulk, and the latest impression people have of them is when they beat up on another team on national television on Monday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Eagles are straight up boring. Their offense is lost at the moment, and they’ll be without arguably their best player (Lane Johnson) and possibly also starting C Cam Jurgens.<\/p>\n
The most common reasoning the Cowboys will beat the Eagles, from what I’ve seen? CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens are going to tear Adoree’ Jackson apart.\u00a0Jackson has been fine, and he’s getting protected by a master schemer in Vic Fangio. He’s just not anywhere near the same category as Quinyon Mitchell or Cooper DeJean, who are having All Pro-like seasons.\u00a0Their defense has been dominant of late, and I believe that will continue.<\/p>\n
The Eagles win unsatisfyingly, as usual.<\/p>\n
MORE:\u00a0Five things to watch in Eagles-Cowboys<\/a><\/p>\n Evan Macy (7-3)Eagles 24, Cowboys 14<\/p>\n Every time I doubt the Eagles \u2014 like I did last week when I picked the Lions \u2014 they prove me wrong. So I’ll stop doubting them. Their defense has been elite and is fully healthy. The offense is battling injury and consistency issues. But if the defense can hold the Cowboys under 20 points, the Birds’ offense should be able to do enough against one of the worst defenses in the game in Dallas.\u00a0<\/p>\n I expect to see the Eagles feel a little more comfortable with the football and if they can establish the run, without Lane Johnson and possibly Cam Jurgens, they’ll be able to take a big leap forward toward locking up the NFC East early.<\/p>\n Geoff Mosher (7-3)Cowboys 24, Eagles 20<\/p>\n The Eagles have the far better defense. The Cowboys have the far better offense. But the thing is, the Cowboys shouldn’t have the far better offense. Pound for pound, the Eagles have as many \u2013 if not more \u2013 offensive weapons and good o-linemen as the Cowboys do, they’re just not being utilized right or playing at the expected level.\u00a0<\/p>\n The question here is if Dallas can score 24 or more points, because that would make it very difficult on an Eagles team that’s really struggling offensively.\u00a0The Eagles have beaten two very impressive opponents the past two weeks, but I’m just not sure they can ask their defense to save the day three weeks straight.\u00a0<\/p>\n If the Eagles pull this out, I can’t see myself picking against them for the rest of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n MORE:\u00a0Eagles-Cowboys injury report, with analysis<\/a><\/p>\n Nick Tricome (6-4)Eagles 19, Cowboys 10<\/p>\n At this point, I have my faith that the Eagles’ defense is going to stay on its heater and shut the Cowboys down.<\/p>\n The offense, though, I still saw a disjointed mess against Detroit, and I don’t see what a week and a weaker team is going to do to remedy that other than maybe tack on a couple more long Jake Elliott field goals.<\/p>\n Right now, you have the back-half 2024 Eagles defense fused with the back-half 2023 Eagles offense.<\/p>\n That defense will win out again, but it’s going to come with the inescapable feeling that this game really should be a 30-point blowout.<\/p>\n It won’t, though. The Eagles’ defense will have to make like three more stops within the two-minute warning again to take this.<\/p>\n SIGN UP HERE to receive the PhillyVoice Sports newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n Follow Nick on Twitter: @itssnick<\/a><\/p>\n Follow Nick on Bluesky: @itssnick<\/a><\/p>\n Like us on Facebook: PhillyVoice Sports<\/a><\/p>\n