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2023 NFL odds: Dak Prescott’s road record against winning teams

Quarterback Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys were flying high, riding a five-game winning streak heading into Sunday’s game at the Buffalo Bills.

But Prescott and the Cowboys came crashing down to earth, suffering a 31-10 loss to Buffalo.

The sound defeat continued a troubling trend for Prescott and the 10-4 Cowboys.

The Dallas signal-caller is now 6-11 (35.3%) against the spread (ATS) on the road against teams with a winning record (0-3 this season).

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Since Prescott was drafted in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft, he is 18-24 ATS (42.9%) when facing teams with a winning record in the regular season.

Prescott and the Cowboys have an upcoming road game against a team with a winning record – the 10-4 Miami Dolphins on Christmas Eve (4:25 p.m. ET, FOX and FOX Sports App).

Josh Allen, Bills crush Dak Prescott, Cowboys, Dave Helman reacts

FOX Sports lead NFL Analyst Greg Olsen said the Buffalo defense delivered a blueprint on how to stop Prescott and the Cowboys. The Bills ended Dallas’ five-game win streak.

“You could see the whole night, Dak just looked a little uneasy,” Olsen said. “We’re so used to seeing him hit that back foot, be in rhythm, get the ball out, make plays downfield. There was no explosives, they fell behind so they couldn’t really lean on the run game at all, and all Buffalo had to do was sit those safeties back there, continue to change the looks underneath and they gave Dallas all they could handle.”

Prescott fell from the betting favorite to third in the odds for NFL MVP after the loss to Buffalo.

“I think this puts an end to the MVP candidacy of Dak Prescott,” FOX Sports Cowboys Insider David Helman said. “Rare to see an MVP candidate lose a game in this much of a lopsided fashion this close to the end of the season and still rebound. I guess because it is such a wide-open year, it’s possible — I would call it extremely unlikely.

“It’s definitely not all his fault. He didn’t…


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Publish date : 2023-12-18 20:40:13

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