2007 NFC Wild Card Playoffs Betting Odds: Cowboys vs. Seahawks

Carrie Stroup here.  In what will probably be the more sought after game Saturday December 6, 2007 NFC Wild Card Playoffs betting odds have the Seattle Seahawks favored by only -2 1/2 against the Dallas Cowboys. 

Unlike the underdog Kansas City Chiefs - also playing that day - the underdog Dallas Cowboys are getting little love from the betting public.  Heck!  Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that everyone and their mother and their grandmother were drooling over new starting quarterback Tony Romo?  Personal love life aside, he was being billed as the savior in Dallas.  The Cowboys lost during Week 17 to the lowly Detroit Lions (at home no less) and now must face the team that got beaten in last year's Super Bowl. 

At Sportsbook.com (see website here) 82% of the early betting action is going towards Seattle, which is likely to prompt the online gambling company to move this line up to -3 or higher.  As of press time, that hasn't happened, though a number of Sportsbook.com's competitors have either moved the line to -3 or stayed there.  This game opened Sunday at Seattle Seahawks -3.

If it is any consolation to the Cowboys, Seattle hasn't exactly played up to expectations this season either.  They dropped their last two home games, one against Denver's Playoff spoiler, The San Francisco 49ers.  In fact, they have lost four of their last seven.  Dallas has lost three of its last four but play well on the road.  Both teams sport 9-7 records. 

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Carrie Stroup (pictured top right), www.sports911.com

Originally published January 1, 2006 9:26 pm ET