The Dallas Cowboys are a one-point favorite to beat the Carolina Panthers on Thursday, according to three betting sites: Bookmaker.eu BETONLINE.ag and SportsBetting.ag Monday morning.
A fourth site, 5dimes.eu, has the game as a pick 'em. Carolina is 10-0. Dallas is 3-7.
Carolina head coach Ron Rivera wasn't too fazed by the line, though he did say it was "disrespectful."
"We'll just take it in stride," Rivera told media Monday. "As I said we'll play them one at a time, and as far as we're concerned everybody's 0-0 and we'll see how it comes out.
"It is a little disrespectful but apparently they know something we don't. We're just going to prepare and get ourselves ready to play on Thursday."
Wrote bookmaker.eu: "From a pure power ratings perspective, Carolina should be favored in this matchup. But given that it's the Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day with (Tony) Romo back on the field, we had to open the home squad as short chalk. The country will be watching and the Cowboys are still America's team."
Wrote Bob Sturm on the game: Romo is back and it changed plenty. Even on a day where he was clearly rusty and not up to full speed, he won his 11th regular season road game in a row. His value cannot be understated and now they must capitalize on the situation by punching the best team in the NFC right in the face on Thursday. If they can figure out how to beat the Panthers while the whole NFL is watching, they will get everyone's attention. If they can, you won't believe how much Cowboys optimism will be served with the Turkey on Thanksgiving evening.
