Week 3 isn’t fully in the books just yet, but the Los Angeles Rams will be underdogs for the first time this season when they travel to Dallas on Sunday afternoon. Despite the fact that the Cowboys have yet to play their third game of the season – they take on the Cardinals on Monday night – Dallas is favored by eight points over the Rams, according to Vegas Insider.
That line will undoubtedly change in the next day or so, regardless of the outcome of Monday night’s game. If the Cowboys blow out the Cardinals, that spread could grow larger. Unlikely, but it’s possible.
If the Cardinals dominate Dallas the way the Broncos did in Week 2, the spread will drop dramatically. It’s unlikely the Rams enter this one as favorites, since the games in Dallas, but that number should definitely drop.
It’s already dropped since the line opened, moving from 9.5 to eight points. That’s still a large gap between two teams that haven’t looked substantially different. In fact, the Rams have looked like a solid team through three games, leading the NFL in points scored up to this point.
Not that it means anything, but the Rams beat Dallas in Week 1 of the preseason, 13-10.