Cincinnati Bengals vs. Dallas Cowboys Odds & Prediction: August 8th 2010

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My first NFL prediction of the year goes when the Bengals and Cowboys begin their season against one another in the Hall of Fame game in Canton, OH; kick-off is slated for 8:00 ET and the game can be seen live on NBC.

This will be a truly memorable weekend for Cowboys fans as their great running back, Emmitt Smith, will be enshrined into the pro football Hall of Fame on Saturday afternoon.

Jerry Jones lobbied hard to get invited to play in this game for the first time since 1999, as he wanted to tribute the Cowboys efforts to their former great warrior.

As for Cincinnati, playing in Canton is just a hop, skip, and a jump away from where the team is holding its training camp.

Fawcett Stadium is certain to be filled with tons of orange and black, but with Smith getting inducted, there will be plenty of Cowboys fans in attendance as well.

Cincinnati Bengals (0-0, 0-0 ATS) vs. Dallas Cowboys (0-0, 0-0 ATS)
Game Date/Time: Sunday, August 8th, 8:00 ET
Game Location: Fawcett Stadium, Canton, OH
TV/Radio Broadcast: NBC, Sirius Radio

NFL Odds: Cincinnati Bengals (-3) +100 vs. Dallas Cowboys (+3) -120: Total 33 Over -110

With this being the preseason, don’t expect to see much of either team’s front line players get in a ton of work; especially with four remaining preseason games left on both teams respective dockets.

In fact, look for QB’s Tony Romo and Carson Palmer to get maybe one possession each.

Palmer will certainly get some work in to try and build a live game action repoire with his new trio of WR’s – Chad Ochocinco, Terrell Owens, and Antonio Bryant.

As for Romo, he enters this game with soreness in his throwing arm after the coaching staff might have worked him a bit too much early on in camp.

He’s already minus one receiver; that being rookie WR Dez Bryant who went down early in camp with a knee injury and is said to be out of action for four to six weeks.

Instead, look for QB’s J.T. O’Sullivan and Jordan Palmer to get a bulk of the snaps for the Bengals, and for the Cowboys to divvy up the work between Jon Kitna, Stephen McGee, and Matt Nichols.

NFL Insider Tip: Each of the last two Hall of Fame Games have been of the higher scoring varieties with the Redskins pounding the Colts 30-16 back in 2008 and the Titans holding on to beat the Bills 21-18 last season. However, I foresee tonight’s battle being of the snoozer variety.

Both teams are coming off division championships and have a bulk of pieces in place for the upcoming season.

With this being an added game to both clubs preseason schedules, it will be used mostly to evaluate the teams overall talent. Most importantly, both sides want to avoid the injury bug and stay as injury free as possible.

If this was the regular season and both teams were going full bore, I’d expect a highly entertaining game. With that not being the case, my NFL predictions call for both teams score to combine for fewer points than the number already suggest.

My NFL Prediction: Cincinnati/Dallas Under 33 -110

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