Bettors Should Expect More Inflated Lines for Cowboys, Cardinals Moving Forward

Not only are the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals a combined 12-1 this NFL season, they're also 12-1 against the spread!

Arizona was heavy public favorites the last two weeks despite sharp action going against them at WynnBET Sportsbook, and in both weeks they Cardinals have covered against the San Francisco 49ers as well as the Cleveland Browns on the road.

Meanwhile, the Cowboys found a remarkable way to cover the number back in Week 6 in overtime against the New England Patriots. Despite only needing a field goal to win (and to push on Cowboys -3), Dak Prescott found a streaking CeeDee Lamb to give Patriots +3 and +3.5 backers one of their worst bad beats of the season.

With Dallas already being a public team, along with the Cardinals continuing to cover, should bettors anticipate this trend to continue?

We asked WynnBET Senior Trader Grant Tucker about whether or not we should expect more inflated betting lines for both those teams:

"Yes, it really seems these teams just can’t stop covering the spread (DAL 6-0, ARI 5-1 ATS)," he said. "At a certain point, as a bookmaker, you must see at what number you can start to get buy back on the underdog. A great example is this week in the Arizona-Houston game. This is a game we opened at Arizona -17, and we now sit at -19.5. If we keep creeping toward the key number of 20, I’d expect the professionals to then back the Texans on the plus-points at the inflated number. Dallas is on a bye this week.”

The Cardinals should have no problem winning today against the 1-5 Houston Texans at home, but can they cover a super-inflated number? Arizona currently sits at -19.5 heading into the start of Sunday's action.