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Cowboys at Seahawks

The key stat favoring the Cowboys over the Seahawks is Yards per Play. The Cowboys on offense earn 5.7 yards and the Seahawk's D allows 5.4.

The stat graphic below pictures this performance gap. The dark blue line shows the Cowboys gaining strength as the season progressed.


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The Seahawks on D are moving in the opposite direction with their trend line growing weaker. When their performance is at or above the light blue league average line they lose 5 of 8 games.

The performance gap gives the Cowboys an advantage of 5.2 points on this key stat.

With Dallas on D the key stat is Opponent Rushing Yards.


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The Cowboys give up 103 yards per game and the 'Hawks' offense earns 126. Their performance all year has matched the league average. But with the Cowboy D losing ground on opponent rushing yards this stat favors the Seahawks by 2.5 points.

In a close game the electronic hardware favors the Cowboys by 3.

Bud Goode

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