An NFC East rivalry will take center stage on Sunday Night Football when the Dallas Cowboys travel to take on the New York Giants in week 1 of the NFL season. Which team will get the win in this rivalry game and start the season off 1-0? Let’s take a deeper dive into how these teams are projecting to do this season.

The Dallas Cowboys finished the 2023 NFL Preseason with a record of 1-2 with a win at home against the Las Vegas Raiders and losses at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars by a score of 23-28 and on the road against the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 14-22. Last season the Cowboys finished with a record of 12-5 which led to a 2^nd place finish in the NFC East and Dallas making the playoffs for the 2^nd year in a row. 

Dallas won on the road in the Wild Card round against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by a score of 31-14 before losing in the Divisional round against the San Francisco 49ers on the road by a score of 12-19. This season, the Dallas Cowboys enter the year with an over/under win total of 10 wins and based on Vegas odds are projected to finish in 2^nd place in the NFC East only behind the Philadelphia Eagles as the Cowboys are +178 to win the NFC East this year.

New York finished the preseason with a record of 1-2 with a win at home against the Carolina Panthers by a score of 21-19 while losing on the road against the Detroit Lions by a score of 16-21 and at home against the New York Jets by a score of 24-32. The Giants made the playoffs last season for the first time since the 2016 season after finishing with a record of 9-7-1 which led to a 3^rd place finish in the NFC East. 

The Giants won in the Wild Card round on the road against the Minnesota Vikings by a score of 31-24 before losing in the Divisional round against the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 7-38. This season, the New York Giants enter the year with an over/under win total of 8 wins and based on Vegas odds are projected to be the 2^nd worst team in the NFC East and projected to only be better than the Washington Commanders.

BookMaker has the Dallas Cowboys listed as 3-point favorites on the road against the New York Giants on Sunday night in week one of the NFL season. Dallas has won nine of the last ten games including the previous four matchups in a row while going 7-3 ATS in the last ten and 2-1 ATS in the last three games in the series. 

Dallas finished last season with a record of 11-8 ATS overall, 5-5 ATS on the road, 8-5 ATS as a favorite, and 3-3 ATS in division games while the New York Giants finished last year with a record of 14-5 ATS overall, 6-3 ATS at home, 11-3 ATS as an underdog, and 4-3 ATS in division games.

Dallas is the more talented team and is projected to finish with a better record as they enter the season with an over/under win total of 10 while New York has an over/under win total of 8 wins. The Cowboys have been the dominant team in the series, winning nine of the last ten including the previous four matchups in a row while going 7-3 ATS in the last ten and 2-1 ATS in the last three games which is why I am taking the Dallas Cowboys -3 on the road against the New York Giants on BookMaker for week 1 of the NFL season.