Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The San Francisco 49ers hit the highway for a NFL preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday Night. Kickoff is scheduled in Dallas at 8PM Eastern Time with live television coverage only in the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys home markets. The NFL Network will offer a full television replay of this game Sunday afternoon at 4PM Eastern Time. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread on this NFL game and the Dallas Cowboys have opened as 6 point favorites with the over under coming in at 40. The sports betting public have put the early money on the favored Cowboys, as Dallas is currently a 6-½ point favorite. The sports betting public will find the total bet downward as the over under is currently 38. NFL money line bettors can make a sports bet on the favored Dallas Cowboys at –280 with the San Francisco 49ers bringing back +240 to win without the aid of getting points.
In week three of the NFL preseason it is very common for the starters to play well within the third quarter to help the players get into condition for the NFL regular season. San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Singletary has named his starting quarterback for this season and Shaun Hill is his man. Hill is sporting a sore back but is expected to play at least up until the first quarter. Hill strained his back at practice on Tuesday, which forced him to miss Wednesday’s practice after throwing 1 pass. Hill returned to practice on Thursday. Backup Alex Smith is out of Saturday’s game with a sore thumb so relieving Alex Smith will be the #3 quarterback Damon Huard. The quarterback was 7 of 9 for 98 yards and 1 touchdown in preseason game #1 against the Denver Broncos. The Cowboys will start Tony Romo at quarterback. Romo was sharp against Tennessee hitting on 18 of 24 for 192 yards in victory. Jon Kitna has been solid in the preseason hitting on 16 of 22 passes for 198 yards a touchdown and an interception. The Cowboys have injury concerns with wide receiver Roy Williams missing the 49ers game with an injured shoulder and Sam Hurd has missed three days of practice with a quad injury.
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NFL Trend: Dallas Cowboys are 4-1 ATS in their past 5 home NFL preseason games
The Wagerline consensus has 53.2% of the NFL bettors on Dallas –6 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 60.6% of the NFL bettors playing over 38
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