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Dallas Cowboys
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Detroit Lions

Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions Picks & Predictions

Model updated Aug 31, 4:12AM UTC

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NFL
Detroit
Fri 5 Dec 2025, 1:15AM
18
Game markets graded
0
Props graded
The model's one call for this gamethe prediction, first
Dallas Cowboys Moneyline +142

The model graded 18 markets for Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions (NFL) and this is the one it backs hardest — a lean, not a lock. A $100 bet returns about $242 if it lands. This one is free — every other market and all player props are Pro. Tip-off Fri 5 Dec 2025, 1:15AM at Detroit.

Our confidenceLean
Chance to win47.2%
The price says41.3%
Best price+142
The rest of this game's boardgraded market by market
Moneyline Dallas Cowboys Lean47% chance +142
Total Points Lean57% chance —
Total Points Lean57% chance —
Spread Lean55% chance —
High = 60%+ chance to win · Lean = 40–60% · Long-shot = under 40%
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This game is done — from the model’s graded calls on this game
Over 54.5 · $100 returned $192

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Moneyline
Dallas Cowboys
+142
+ 17 more markets
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Calibrated model vs market

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Injuries & who's out

Injuries & availability

Dallas Cowboys

  • Marist Liufau LBQuestionable
  • Kelvin Gilliam Jr. DTOut
  • Tyler Guyton OTQuestionable
  • Jonathan Bullard DTQuestionable
  • Princeton Fant TEOut

Detroit Lions

  • Cade Mays COut
  • Kerby Joseph SOut
  • Brian Branch SOut
  • Seth McLaughlin CQuestionable
  • Derrick Moore DEQuestionable
  • Payton Turner DEOut
  • Isiah Pacheco RBQuestionable
  • Damone Clark LBOut
  • Sam LaPorta TEQuestionable
  • Ennis Rakestraw Jr. CBQuestionable
  • Jimmy Rolder LBQuestionable
  • Mekhi Wingo DTQuestionable
  • D.J. Reed CBQuestionable
  • Malcolm Rodriguez LBQuestionable
Availability updated Aug 31, 2:24AM UTC — NFL availability is season-pending (off-season); treat as a placeholder until the season opens. · refreshed roughly every 4 hours.

Weather & injury impact for this fixture

Conditions · who's out · how it moves the number
For Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions: Weather isn't a tracked factor for this fixture, and 19 players are listed out or questionable across both sides.
FactorThis fixture
Availability19 listed out or questionable (see Who's out above)

General rule: sustained wind above ~15 mph and hard cold both drag NFL totals and kicking numbers down, while a key skill-position player being out shifts target and touch share to his backups.

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Betting angles

Markets & form
MoneylineDallas Cowboys to winNo line posted

Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions moneyline — the live line, our model's read and how the free board has gone so far, tracked every game week on BetBetter.

Point SpreadDallas Cowboys spreadNo line posted

Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions spread — the live line, our model's read and how the free board has gone so far, tracked every game week on BetBetter.

Total PointsCowboys @ LionsNo line posted

Detroit Lions vs Dallas Cowboys game total — the live line, our model's read and how the free board has gone so far, tracked every game week on BetBetter.

Dallas Cowboys @ Detroit Lions — what the model found

Our model graded 18 betting markets for Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions — 18 on the game itself and 0 on individual players. One pick is free on this page.

18
Game markets graded

The model checked every betting market for this game and graded 18 of them. One pick is free on this page — the one the model likes most. Scroll down to see it.

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Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions — recent results

Detroit Lions have won 3 of their last 4 games; Dallas Cowboys have won 2 of their last 4.

Detroit Lions — last 4
ResultScoreOpponentWhere
W25–16INDAway
W17–13WSHHome
L14–16CINAway
W19–16CHIAway
Dallas Cowboys — last 4
ResultScoreOpponentWhere
L24–27NOHome
W34–13ARIAway
W17–7SEAAway
L17–34NYGAway

Who’s out or in doubt

19 players are listed as out or in doubt for this game.

Detroit Lions
PlayerStatus
Cade Mays COUT
Kerby Joseph SOUT
Brian Branch SOUT
Seth McLaughlin CQUESTIONABLE
Derrick Moore DEQUESTIONABLE
Payton Turner DEOUT
Isiah Pacheco RBQUESTIONABLE
Damone Clark LBOUT
Dallas Cowboys
PlayerStatus
Marist Liufau LBQUESTIONABLE
Kelvin Gilliam Jr. DTOUT
Tyler Guyton OTQUESTIONABLE
Jonathan Bullard DTQUESTIONABLE
Princeton Fant TEOUT

The full availability report — with what each missing player means for the bets — is further down this page.

Cashed picks for this matchup

From the public log
DateMarketPickResult
05 Dec 25 Total Points Over 54.5 ✓ HIT
05 Dec 25 Total Points Over 53.5 ✓ HIT

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About this matchup

How we read the game

This page tracks the Bet Better model's pick history and predictions for Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions in the NFL. You may also see this matchup written as Cowboys vs Lions, or as Lions vs Cowboys. The most recent game between them was Friday 5 December 2025 at Detroit. The model has generated 18 game picks for this matchup. Review the picks and historical data above to guide your NFL betting strategy for this matchup.

Head-to-head record

Final scores · 7 meetings on record
Dallas Cowboys 5–2 across the last 7 meetings · these games average 53.4 points (meetings on record since 2016)
DateGameScoreWinner
4 Dec 2025Dallas Cowboys @ Detroit Lions44–30Detroit Lions
13 Oct 2024Detroit Lions @ Dallas Cowboys9–47Detroit Lions
30 Dec 2023Detroit Lions @ Dallas Cowboys20–19Dallas Cowboys
23 Oct 2022Detroit Lions @ Dallas Cowboys24–6Dallas Cowboys
17 Nov 2019Dallas Cowboys @ Detroit Lions27–35Dallas Cowboys
30 Sep 2018Detroit Lions @ Dallas Cowboys26–24Dallas Cowboys
26 Dec 2016Detroit Lions @ Dallas Cowboys42–21Dallas Cowboys
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