{"id":25180,"date":"2024-08-13T11:43:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T15:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=25180"},"modified":"2024-08-13T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T15:51:07","slug":"nfc-east-a-two-horse-race-between-cowboys-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/nfc-east-a-two-horse-race-between-cowboys-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"NFC East a Two-Horse Race Between Cowboys, Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NFC East was a race between the Eagles and the Cowboys with Dallas taking the division<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>after a second-half collapse by Philadelphia. And it appears it\u2019ll be a match race this season<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with the Eagles as slight favorites. It\u2019s been two decades since a team as repeated as NFC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>East division champs, so can the Cowboys do it again, or will the Eagles rebound after failing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Philadelphia Eagles -130<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a 10-1 start, the Eagles stumbled to the finish line, losing six of the last seven and getting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bounced in by the Buccaneers in the playoffs. Philadelphia made big moves in free agency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bringing in RB Saquon Barkley to bolster an already dangerous offense, and signing LB Devin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White to help the defense. Cornerback C.J. Gardner-Johnson also returns and joins a couple of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>rookies,Cooper DeJean and Quinyon Mitchell in the backfield. The Eagles did lose some key<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>leaders as Future Hall of Fame Center Jason Kelce and Fletcher Cox retired while DE Haason<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reddick went to the New York Jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dallas Cowboys +165<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defending champs may be in a defining season as we could see the last of Mike McCarthy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>is this team isn\u2019t successful. Dallas lost multiple players in the offseason from RB Tony Pollard,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OL Tyron Smith and Tyler Biadasz, and LB Leighton Vander Esch. The Cowboys didn\u2019t do<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>much in free agency although they brought back RB Ezekiel Elliott. Dallas\u2019s fortunes rest with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>its three stars, who are playing for new contracts too, QB Dak Prescott, WR CeeDee Lamb, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LB Micah Parsons. A poor start for the Cowboys could see big changes, mid season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington Commanders +1000<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commanders made some significant moves in the offseason bringing in Dan Quinn as their<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>new head coach and immediately drafting QB Jayden Daniels with the second pick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington was busy in free agency signing several veterans including RB Austin Ekeler, LB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bobby Wagner, and TE Zach Ertz. However the Commanders lost WR Curtis Samuel and RB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antonio Gibson but if Daniels is the franchise quarterback the team is hoping for, the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commanders could push for a wild card spot, but a division title may be too tall of an order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New York Giants +1400<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Giants finished third last year and QB Daniel Jones is returning from an injury but he\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>shown he may not be the answer with this franchise. New York did nab WR Malik Nabers with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the sixth pick and traded for pass rusher Brian Burns. They lost their best player in Saquon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barkley as the running back jumped to join the rival Eagles as a free agent. TE Darren Waller<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>retired, and Xavier McKinney signed in Green Bay. 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