The Philadelphia Eagles have climbed to 8.5-point home favorites over the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL’s season opener Thursday in the wake of the Micah Parsons trade.
The Eagles were 7-point favorites last week, but the line has gradually risen this week as the game approaches. The total (the combined points scored by both teams) is 47.5.
The Cowboys’ Super Bowl odds shifted sharply after trading away Parsons, a four-time Pro Bowler, and the odds for the season opener have followed suit.
Philadelphia is up to a -425 favorite on the money line (a bet on who will win regardless of the point spread) at DraftKings, while the Cowboys are +330. Those odds imply the Eagles have an 81% chance of winning.
Odds expressed with a negative number mean a bettor would have to bet that much to win $100. In this case, a bettor would have to wager $425 to win $100 on the Eagles.
Odds expressed with a positive number reflect how much a bettor would win with a $100 wager. In this case, a $100 wager on the Cowboys would earn a $330 profit.
Here are some individual player prop bets listed at DraftKings:
Cowboys-Eagles first TD scored prop
Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is the +390 favorite to score the first touchdown of the game Thursday, followed by Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (+450) and Eagles receivers A.J. Brown (9-1) and DeVonta Smith (10-1).
Receiver CeeDee Lamb has the best odds for a Cowboy at 11-1, followed by running back Javonte Williams at 13-1.
Cowboys-Eagles game props
Quarterbacks
Cowboys: Dak Prescott (will he throw for 260 or more yards)
Eagles: Hurts (220)
Running backs
Cowboys: Williams (will he rush for 40 or more yards), Prescott (15)
Eagles: Barkley (100), Hurts (40)
Wide receivers
Cowboys: Lamb (will he have 80 or more receiving yards), George Pickens (60), Jake Ferguson (40), Williams (15)
Eagles: Brown (80), Smith (60), Dallas Goedert (40), Barkley (15)
Sports betting is not legal in Texas, but the odds provide a window into how experts who have a financial stake in the outcome assess a team’s or player’s chances.