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Sunday Night Football is back, and the NFL couldn't have scripted a better opener. Cowboys vs. Giants is one of the most reliable rivalries in the league, and Week 1 brings real stakes, real hatred, and a New York defense that lost its anchor this offseason. Let's break it down.

The biggest story here is Dexter Lawrence walking out the door in New York. That interior presence was the one thing keeping Giants defensive coordinators from having nightmares, and now it's gone. Dallas ran up 40 points on this defense in Week 2 last season, and that was with Lawrence on the field. Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and a newly acquired George Pickens have the look of a unit that could carve up a weak corner group all night. The Cowboys Over 25.5 points is the number I'm targeting, and the historical splits against Lawrence-less Giants defenses back it up hard - Baltimore, Atlanta, and Indianapolis all cleared 30 in those spots.

Here's my sharp angle: the public is sleeping on just how bad the Giants' secondary is shaping up to be. New York opened as +125 home underdogs and have barely moved to +120, which tells me the market isn't fully pricing in the defensive regression. The Lamb-Pickens combination is a nightmare matchup against a cornerback room that was already getting torched before the offseason losses. If you're fading the Giants ML or building a Cowboys-heavy SGP, the ingredients are there. Anytime scorer props on Lamb and Pickens deserve a hard look before kickoff.

SNF openers tend to bring sharp movement late in the week, so watch the Cowboys spread and the total closely heading into Sunday. The total sitting anywhere near 44 or 45 feels low given what Dallas can do against this front seven. I'm on the over and the Cowboys to cover, and I'd feel good riding that position into game time.

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