DAL B-tier pick hits. Model was directionally correct.
CORRECT
Model correctly picked DAL. Projected margin: 7.1. Actual: 3. Off by 4.1 points but directionally right.
INSTANT CLASSIC
The win probability swung past 50% 10 times. One of the wildest games of the week.
BAD BEAT
Missed the spread by just 1.5 points, a bad-beat loss.
Another data point for the model. B-tier picks continue to track.
BETTING LINE
SOURCE
NYG
DAL
Closing line
+195
-238
Our fair price
+235
-235
Our fair price carries no vig, so it is what the bet is worth, not what anyone will offer you.
SPREAD DAL -4.5 · nflverse market average, not one book's number
RESULT Won · +$0.52
OUR NUMBER
70%
MARKET, VIG REMOVED
68%
DIFFERENCE
+3%
Both figures are for DAL. The market number strips the margin out first, so the two sides are measured the same way.
SITUATIONAL TRENDS
Historical splits, shown for context only. We tested them: picking the situations that beat break-even in training goes 770–760 (50.3%) out of sample, so they are not a betting signal and are not coloured like one.
Our model takes Dallas Cowboys at 70% win probability, a Tier B pick. The margin models project DAL by 7.1. The market has DAL at -4.5.
Week 2 of the 2025 season, SUN 1:00 PM.
New York Giants, DAL 17, NYG 34 in Week 18 of 2025.
By net EPA per play over the 2025 season, Dallas Cowboys: NYG -0.075 against DAL -0.070.
WHAT PRO ADDS
Every stat on this page is free, and so is the model's pick for this game. Pro is the separate question of which games we would actually bet, and at what stake, plus player props, unit sizing, and the full profit-and-loss ledger.