There are some great matchups in Week 2 of the NFL season, including a nationally televised tilt between NFC East rivals in front of the biggest regular-season crowd in NFL history.
The New York Giants visit the Dallas Cowboys for the first regular-season game at brand new Cowboys Stadium, where an NFL-record crowd of 103,000 is expected for NBC’s Sunday Night Football (8:20 pm ET).
The Cowboys are 3-point favorites and the total is 44.5 in NFL Betting Odds.
Dallas is 13-6 SU in the past 19 games at home against the Giants.
Earlier Sunday, an AFC East clash features the New England Patriots visiting rival New York Jets (1 pm ET, CBS).
betED.com NFL Betting Odds have the Pats as 4-point favorites and the total at 46.
The Patriots have won eight straight when visiting the Jets since a 20-19 loss Sept. 11, 2000. That streak continued with a 19-10 win Sept. 14 last season but New England lost 34-31 at home to New York on Nov. 13.
The Patriots survived a Week 1 scare on Monday Night Football as Tom Brady’s 16-yard touchdown pass to Benjamin Watson with 0:50 on the clock lifted New England to a 25-24 win over the division-rival Buffalo Bills. New England couldn’t cover as 10-point home favorites, while the score went over the 46.5-point total.
The Jets upset Houston Texans 24-7 as a 4.5-point underdog in Week 1, with the score going under the total of 45.
Another high-profile matchup Sunday pits the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field (4 pm ET, CBS).
betED NFL Odds have the the Steelers as 3-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game’s total is sitting at 38.
Pittsburgh and Chicago last met in Week 14 of the 2005 season, a 21-9 Steelers home victory that was the first of eight straight wins on their way to winning Super Bowl 40.
The Steelers haven’t visited Soldier Field since a 37-34 overtime victory in 1995, their lone win in 11 visits to Chicago.
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