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Cowboys vs. Eagles: Dez $10,000 'Sucker Bet'

Originally posted on Dallas Cowboys on SI
By Mike Fisher | Last updated Dec 8, 2023 12:26 PM ET

Former Dallas Cowboys star Dez Bryant has eased into his post-football life by taking on new challenges, as a father and a businessman and a social-media commentator.

Oh, and one more role: He's a major "booster club'' member for his former team, right down to his willingness to bet money - "Smokin' on that (Opposing Team'' Pack!'' as he likes to call it - on their success.

And now he's got what some are calling a "gentlemen’s bet'' that will be taking place during “Sunday Night Football.” ... except as it includes $10,000 on the line in his wager with former Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson ...

This is not about "gentlemen.''

“Have that $10k ready for Sunday night,” Jackson wrote to Bryant on Twitter (X) this week.

Responded Dez: “Yo Jack, my ten bands right here for you smoking on that Eagle Pack Sunday! You better believe it!''

Dez Bryant and Desean Jackson are betting $10K on Eagles - Cowboys Sunday night

(via @DeSeanJackson10 @DezBryant) pic.twitter.com/FL8Fbruwds
— br_betting (@br_betting) December 6, 2023

Bryant has in the last couple of years done very well with his customary $10,000, as pro-Cowboys as he always is. But this one has a special slant to it ... as the Eagles are 3.5-point underdogs.

That essentially means that by suckering Jackson into betting straight-up - no point spread involved - Bryant has a built-in moneyline edge of 15.4 percent on the actual odds of a bet on the Cowboys’ moneyline.

Which means, by the numbers, that Bryant - who in 13 career games against the Eagles was a dominant performer with nine touchdowns and 975 receiving yards - has a chance to dominate a "sucker'' here.

This article first appeared on Dallas Cowboys on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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