Pro Football: Some NFC Notes

Both the (5-1) Dallas Cowboys and the (5-1) Philadelphia Eagles scored impressive victories in week six of the NFL season.

Dallas outplayed and beat the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, who were 8 point favorites.

At night, the Eagles won easily vs the now (3-3) New York Giants. This week in the NFC East, Dallas is a 6 point favorite at home vs the Giants.

The Arizona Cardinals at (4-1) lead the NFC West and are really a surprise. They won and covered the spread vs the (1-5) Washington Redskins, the latter “feat” accomplished on a late interception return for a touchdown.

The Super Bowl will be played on the Cards’ home field in Glendale, Arizona and will be the third “Supe” telecast by NBC as a neutral network (ie one without a conference affiliation). Arizona played in the first one, losing, but covering the spread (point spread, not the various food spreads seen in such great abundance on Super Bowl Sunday) vs the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2008 season game.

No team has ever played a Super Bowl game on its home field. I do not think the Cards will, but who thought they would be slightly ahead of (4-2) San Francisco (49ers) and (3-2) Seattle (Seahawks) in the very tough NFC West?!