Odds Already Available for Cowboys vs Eagles Season-Opener After First NFL Schedule Release
By Sascha Paruk in NFL Football
Published:
- The Cowboys/Eagles odds for the first NFL game of the season have been released
- The full 2025 NFL schedule release will take place Wednesday, May 14
- See the opening Cowboys vs Eagles odds for the 2025 NFL season-opener
The first game of the 2025 NFL season has been set: the defending Super Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles (14-3, 8-1 home, 11-6 ATS) will host the division-rival Dallas Cowboys (7-10, 5-3 away, 7-10 ATS) in an all-NFC East clash at Lincoln Financial Field on Thursday, September 4, at 8:20 pm ET.
The remainder of the 2025 NFL schedule won’t come out until mid-week, but sportsbooks have wasted no time setting a betting line for the season-opener. The Cowboys vs Eagles odds have opened with the defending champs as a big home favorite.
Cowboys vs Eagles Odds for Season Opener (Week 1)
The opening Cowboys vs Eagles odds favor Philadelphia by a full touchdown. On the moneyline, the Eagles are -290 home chalk, which amounts to a 74.36% implied win probability. At +235, Dallas has a 29.85% implied win probability. The total is sitting at 46.5 with -110 odds each way.
Will the Dallas/Philadelphia Spread Move Before Week 1?
To the extent that recency bias applies in the offseason, the public is likely to flock to the Eagles here. Philadelphia massacred the Commanders in the NFC Championship (55-23 home) and the Chiefs in the Super Bowl (40-22 neutral), easily covered the spread in both games. They finished last year on a six-game overall win streak dating back to the regular season. Four of the six wins were by double digits and none were by fewer than six points.
But there are some major caveats for anyone looking to back the Eagles as touchdown favorites.
Philadelphia went just 2-4 ATS (including playoffs) when facing a point spread of seven points or greater last season. However, the two games the Eagles covered both came against Dallas. Philadelphia won 34-6 as 7.5-point road favorites in Week 10 and 41-7 as 7.5-point home favorites in Week 17.
Their four ATS losses in those games were against Cleveland (20-16 win as nine-point home favorites in Week 6), Jacksonville (28-23 win as 7.5-point home favorites in Week 9), Carolina (22-16 win as 14-point home favorites in Week 14), and the LA Rams (28-22 win as seven-point home favorites in the Divisional Round).
In the NFL odds for Week 1 of last season, only one game had a point spread higher than 5.5 points: Patriots vs Bengals, where Cincinnati was a 9.5-point home favorite and lost straight-up in a confounding result that ended up keeping them out of the playoffs.
Who Did the Eagles Lose/Add This Offseason?
As is often the case with Super Bowl winners, the Eagles lost some significant players from their championship roster during free agency. Darius Slay (cornerback), Mekhi Becton (right guard), Josh Sweat (edge), Milton Williams (defensive tackle), and Kenneth Gainwell (running back) were the biggest losses via free agency.
The team also traded cornerback CJ Gardner-Johnson to Houston for guard Kenyon Green.
Howie Roseman brought in veteran corner Adoree’ Jackson and outside linebackers Azeez Ojulari and Joshua Uche, among some other minor additions. All in all, Eagles fans have to feel pretty good about the amount of talent they kept from 2024’s absolutely stacked roster.
Who Did the Cowboys Lose/Add This Offseason?
The Cowboys were very active on the free-agent and trade market this offseason. The most-notable additions include: cornerback Kaiir Elam (formerly with the Bills), linebacker Jack Sanborn (Bears), defensive ends Dante Fowler (Commanders), Peyton Turner (Saints), and Solomon Thomas (Jets), guard Robert Jones (Dolphins), and running backs Javonte Williams (Broncos) and Miles Sanders (Panthers).
Dallas’ biggest subtractions from its 2024 roster include cornerback Jourdan Lewis, tackle Chuma Edoga, and running back Rico Dowdle.
When Will the Rest of the NFL Schedule Be Released?
Fans of the other 30 teams in the league will have to wait a little longer to know who their sides will face the opening week of the season (and the other 17, for that matter). The full NFL schedule release will take place at 8:00 pm ET on Wednesday, May 14.
The NFL will air a schedule-release show on NFL Network, NFL.com, the NFL app, and NFL+ on Wednesday.
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Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.
