Dallas Cowboys: Early point spreads for 2016 games – NJ.com
ESPN has posted 2016 week-by-week pointspreads for every NFL team. Here’s a look at the Dallas Cowboys’ schedule and the early lines on their games:
Week 1
New York Giants at Dallas (-4, Over/under: 50)
Week 2
Dallas (Pick) at Washington Redskins
Week 3
Chicago Bears at Dallas (-6)
Week 4
Dallas (-3) at San Francisco 49ers
Week 5
Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas (Pick)
Week 6
Dallas at Green Bay Packers (-6)
Week 7
BYE
Week 8
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas (-3.5)
Week 9
Dallas (-5) at Cleveland Browns
Week 10
Dallas at Pittsburgh Steelers (-6)
Week 11
Baltimore Ravens at Dallas (-4.5)
Week 12
Washington Redskins at Dallas (-3.5)
Week 13
Dallas at Minnesota Vikings (-4.5)
Week 14
Dallas at New York Giants (-1)
Week 15
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas (-6)
Week 16
Detroit Lions at Dallas (-5)
Week 17
Dallas at Philadelphia Eagles (no line)
(Week 17 is excluded due to high variance caused by potential playoff seeding, QBs sitting out the final week or playing partial games, etc.)
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The most pressing Cowboys question: How will the Cowboys depth chart look at running back in three months, going into the opener against the Giants?
The Cowboys are tiptoeing around the question in an age when No. 4 overall picks are almost always walk-in starters, regardless of position.
It’s an interesting issue in Dallas because Darren McFadden was fourth in the NFL in rushing last season with 1,089 yards even though he was the lead back for just 10 games.
Not to mention that before drafting Ezekiel Elliott out of Ohio State, the Cowboys signed free agent Alfred Morris, who made the Pro Bowl twice in Washington. Or that the versatile Lance Dunbar should return from a knee injury at some point in 2016.
“Those things work themselves out,” executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones said. “If you ever think you’re going to go into a training camp and think that people aren’t trying to take your job, then you’ve got a surprise coming in the NFL.
“I know that Darren McFadden, Alfred Morris and Lance Dunbar certainly know that Zeke didn’t come in here to watch.”
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
