The surprising 8-4 Saints head to Dallas after two straight wins to take on the 8-4 Cowboys this Sunday night. There is no hotter team in the NFL right now than the Dallas Cowboys who have won four in a row. This game features two of the best quarterbacks in the league right now. Will it be Brees and the Saints or Romo and the Cowboys cashing in on Sunday Night Football? Jimmy Boyd knows it!

Through various scenarios, the winner of this game can clinch a place in the playoffs. That’s great news for both teams, as Parcells hasn’t done well in Dallas by America’s Team standards and the Saints have gotten the job done with a first-year head coach just a year after the hurricane disaster.

Payton was Parcells’ former offensive assistant from 2003-05. What a victory it would be for him to beat his old mentor. We could approach this game as a battle between the trainers: Payton versus his old mentor. But this matchup will have very little to do with training. This will be decided by which top-rated quarterback can get the offense out of him in the end zone. New Orleans has the best offense; Dallas has the best defense. Who wins?

The Saints have the number one ranked offense in the NFL averaging 400.2 yards per game and they also have the highest ranked passing offense led by Drew Brees who is the league leader in passing yards this season. Dallas has the fourth-ranked offense in the NFL with 375.6 yards per game and Tony Romo is the highest-rated passer in the league with a 102.4 QB rating. The Cowboys’ defense has been improving, but they allowed 20 points for the first time in three weeks against the Giants in Week 13. 20 points have been a chump change for the Saints over the past two weeks, who have scored 31 and 34 points respectively. consecutively. Dallas is very good against the run and allows only 90.3 yards per game, so I definitely don’t expect Bush or McAllister to have a rushing day. The Saints will be better served using Bush as a receiver on this one by moving him around the field. If they are going to beat Dallas, it will be through the air.

The playcalling has become much more liberal since Romo settled under center, but Parcells has to be tempted to push himself when facing the 21st-ranked rushing defense in the league who allows 133.1 yards per game. The Saints know they can’t give up the run, so they’ll let Tony Romo be the one to win them this week. New Orleans is pretty solid against the pass allowing just 180.3 yards per game through the air, so that’s the matchup the Saints want. They will look to challenge the youngster on almost every play.

The linemakers have made New Orleans a 7-point underdog heading into this Sunday night matchup. Can Brees and the offense keep rolling against a stronger defense than they’ve seen in several weeks or will Romo lead the Cowboys to another big win at home? I’ve covered every angle of the Sunday night matchup and I haven’t felt more confident in a primetime Sunday Night Football game all season. That’s why I’m making this my Sunday night game of the year. Make sure you play the biggest Sunday night event of the season with the best handicap in the world.