Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Dallas Cowboys

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Here is our Buccaneers vs. Cowboys betting analysis. Two NFL teams with high hopes for the season. This should be one of the excellent NFL Week 1 matchups.

Buccaneers vs. Cowboys Betting Preview

When the NFL schedule was released, this was a game you circled on the calendar. Last season the NFL opened the season with the Cowboys at the Bucs, and Tampa Bay prevailed in a wild one, 31-29.

Looking at the head-to-head Buccaneers vs. Cowboys stats, the game was nearly identical. If you want to know how to bet on football, know that Dallas finished with 451 yards of offense to 431 for the Buccaneers. For the Cowboys, 391 yards were passing, to 379 passing yards for Tampa Bay.

It was the kind of game that had the NFL odds for the Super Bowl increase for each team since both sides looked like potential Super Bowl champions. And as it turned out, both teams did win their division.

Rivalry History

Along with that great game in 2021, the previous five meetings between these two teams have all been decided by a touchdown or less. 

When picking against the spread, Dallas covered last season, but in each of the previous four close games, the Buccaneers covered as the underdog. The Cowboys lead the overall series 15-5, including a 2-0 record against Tampa Bay in the postseason.

Matchup Trends

From an NFL stats perspective, this game is going to be about great quarterback play, as we saw in Tampa Bay last season. 

Dak Prescott is a fast starter to the season in Dallas, averaging 292 yards per game in the month of September last season and an incredible 396 yards per game in September of 2020.

Tom Brady is also great to begin a season. Last season his September average was 362 yards passing, and in 2020 – the year he won the Super Bowl in Tampa Bay – he averaged 251.

One thing to keep an eye on for the Cowboys, and something that may alter their place in the NFL standings, is the loss of wide receiver Amari Cooper. One of the trendy NFL picks this season is the Eagles to win the NFC East and not the Cowboys.

Venue Information

Known as Dallas Cowboys Stadium when it was completed in 2009, the Cowboys play their home games at AT&T Stadium, affectionately referred to as Jerry World by Cowboys fans for owner Jerry Jones.

AT&T Stadium holds the record for the largest NFL regular season crowd at 105,121. It hosted Super Bowl XLV and a crowd of 103,219. The Cowboys are 61-48 all-time at AT&T Stadium.

Betting Tips for Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Dallas Cowboys

A good Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Dallas Cowboys betting analysis is focused on offense for their Week 1 matchup in 2022. Apart from the head-to-head Buccaneers vs. Cowboys stats from their meeting in 2021, just look at their overall statistics. 

NFL betting tips suggest the Cowboys had the number one offense in 2021 in the NFL, gaining the most yards and scoring the most points.

In second place, only 18 total yards and 19 points behind the Cowboys, was the Buccaneers. Only two teams managed to break 500 total points in the 2021 season, and it was these two teams. So expect the fireworks when they open the season in a sold-out AT&T Stadium.

If there is an edge to be found, based on the NFL stats from last year, it’s the Tampa Bay defense, which gave up slightly fewer points than Dallas. 

But our Buccaneers vs. Cowboys betting analysis tells us the outstanding Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons is a betting favorite for Defensive Player of the Year, and he could make the difference in NFL picks against the spread.

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