This weekend's Sunday Night Football broadcast features a divisional battle between the 4-1 Cowboys and the 5-0 Eagles, sure to be one of the better primetime contests of the young season. The bets will be coming in fast and furious as 'America's Team' tries to knock off the last-remaining undefeated team in the City of Brotherly Love. We'll be betting this one, too, but we're upping the stakes and assembling a Same Game Parlay on Caesars Sportsbook.
All eyes will be on Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, who has come out of the gates looking like a future MVP. The offseason addition of stud receiver A.J. Brown has done wonders for the electric third-year QB and Philly's passing offense. But the Eagles defense has been dominant on all levels, as well. Philadelphia owns the fifth-best scoring offense and seventh-best scoring defense, while racking up the second-most yards and allowing the fourth-fewest.
Dallas, meanwhile, has been all defense since drafting linebacker Micah Parsons. The 2021 Rookie of the Year has this Cowboys team stifling opponents, surrendering just 26 total points over the past three weeks and not allowing a 20-point game all season. Last weekend, they held the Super Bowl-champion Rams to 10 points — and 76 passing yards — giving QB Cooper Rush plenty of padding to secure his fourth win of the season in relief of the healing Dak Prescott (thumb/hand).
Which NFC East squad's glorious start to the 2022 NFL season will grind to a halt this weekend? And which stars will shine the brightest — or fizzle out — under the Sunday Night Football lights? We'll weigh out these questions and more as we assemble our favorite props from Caesars Sportsbook's SNF Same Game Parlay.
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All Same Game Parlay props are courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook.
Cowboys at Eagles: Best Same Game Parlay picks & player prop bets for Sunday Night Football
| Player/Team | Prop | Odds |
| Cowboys | +7.5 alternate handicap | -148 |
| Total Points | OVER 39.5 alternate total | -163 |
| Jalen Hurts | Player to score a touchdown | +123 |
| Dallas Goedert | UNDER 45.5 receiving yards | -101 |
| Tony Pollard | UNDER 8.5 rushing attempts | -121 |
Total SGP Odds (5 legs): +2400 | Bet: $50 | Total Payout: $1,250
Cowboys +7.5 alternate handicap (-148)
A cool feature in Same Game Parlays on Caesars, alternate handicaps allow you to buy points for either the favorite or underdog. We like the Cowboys to cover their listed +6.5, but we love them to cover the +7.5. How many primetime final scores have broken your heart with bad beats? Buy yourself some insurance, because in the grand scheme of things -148 compared to -110 is a drop in the barrel of a parlay. Here's why we like the Cowboys: they held the Buccaneers and Bengals to 36 combined points over the first two weeks, and limited Matthew Stafford and the Rams to 76 air yards and 10 points last week. Rush's confidence continues to grow, as do the weapons around him. With Michael Gallup finally healthy and CeeDee Lamb looking revitalized, Dallas should do enough to keep this a decently-close game.
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Alternate total points: OVER 39.5 (-163)
I can picture people scoffing right now at the first two legs of our parlay being 'bought points.' But scoff all you want — we want attainable bets in our parlay, because four out of five won't make us a dime! And even if our SGP consisted of just these first two insurance bets, our odds would be at +172. The value is there, and the bet makes sense. Dallas has yet to allow 20 points in a game, sure, but it has also yet to play a powerhouse quite like the Eagles — never mind on the road. And Philly surrendered 21 points to the Jaguars the last time it had a home game, with Jacksonville touting skill players like James Robinson and Marvin Jones Jr. Methinks the Cowboys studs can put some touchdowns on the board with their backs against the wall in a massive divisional tilt.
Jalen Hurts to score a touchdown (+123)
Now we're tacking on some plus-odds value to our parlay! Hurts is always a threat to tuck the ball and run, and against this Cowboys front-seven he might need to do just that to get in the end zone. Dallas has allowed just one rushing touchdown all season (fewest in the NFL), and just four passing TDs (fifth-fewest). The Cowboys own the second-best opposing red-zone TD percentage in the NFL (33.3%), and the third-best scoring defense. One way to advance the ball past Dallas is via the QB sneak — the 'boys have allowed 109 yards on 16 QB rushing attempts this season (over 6.8 yards per carry), which ranks among the eight highest total and average marks surrendered by NFL defenses. Hurts has accumulated 266 rushing yards and six ground TDs so far this season, and he should add plenty more this weekend against Philly's NFC East foes.
Dallas Goedert UNDER 45.5 receiving yards (-101)
One way you can't expect to gash the Cowboys is via the tight end position. Dallas has allowed TEs to amass just 154 receiving yards on 28 catches this season (5.5), and Goedert will be a primary focus of this linebacker group and secondary. Hurts has looked his security blanket's way six or more times in three different games this season, and they connected on 8-of-9 targets for 95 yards last weekend against Arizona. Dan Quinn has a very disciplined defense that will not allow Philly to rack up yards across the middle.
Tony Pollard UNDER 8.5 rushing attempts (-121)
Pollard and Ezekiel Elliott are in a weird time-loop — whenever Pollard shows out and looks to inch closer to a 50/50 split, Zeke rips the backfield back into his arms and dominates the touch shares. The only time we have seen Pollard garner double-digit carries was in Week 3 in a relatively-seamless win over the Giants, when he finished with 13. In each of the past two weeks, Pollard has received just eight carries. And while he put up 86 yards and a score on the Rams in Week 5, we don't expect the same success against Philly. The Eagles have allowed 399 rushing yards to RBs all season, the eighth-stingiest defense against the position. And opponents have only attempted a hair over 17 RB carries per game against Philly. If the Cowboys exceed that average, the work will be mostly distributed to the power-running Elliott, who has 41 carries to Pollard's 16 over the past two weeks.
