Sunday Night Football in Week 6 brings a heavyweight NFC matchup to Green Bay, where the Packers are set up as slim 1.5-point favorites over Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys.
It’s one of the tightest spreads on the board this week, and it fits the way both teams have lived through the first five games: uneven, dangerous, and still very much in the playoff conversation. Green Bay enters on a two-game win streak after rolling past Chicago in Week 5, a game in which Jordan Love carved up the Bears’ secondary for 367 yards in a comfortable win over backup quarterback Tyson Bagent.
That result nudged the Packers back above .500, but they still sit on the edge of the NFC playoff picture by the latest odds. A win here would mean more than just another notch in the standings. It would come against another team chasing postseason footing, and that gives this game real weight for Matt LaFleur’s group.
Dallas, meanwhile, is trying to shake off one of the stranger losses of the season. The Cowboys went into Week 5 as 9.5-point favorites at home and still fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and backup quarterback Jalon Daniels. Worse for Dallas, CeeDee Lamb left that game in the second half, and his status could matter a lot against a Green Bay defense that ranks eighth in the NFL in EPA/Play.
The betting angle here is pretty simple: points should be available.
Green Bay’s offense finally flashed something against Chicago, and Love is coming off his best performance of the season. Through five games, he’s completed 60.5 percent of his passes for 1,408 yards, 10 touchdowns and three interceptions.
The bigger picture still isn’t spotless. The Packers are 20th in EPA/Play on offense, Love is 29th in success rate among quarterbacks with at least 50 snaps, and he sits outside the top 15 in EPA/Play.
But the Chicago game at least opened the door to the idea that he’s finding his rhythm.
Even better for Green Bay, this is the kind of matchup that can make an offense look a lot sharper than it has been. Dallas has been a mess defensively through five weeks, sitting last in the league in EPA/Play, success rate, EPA/Pass and yards per play allowed.
The Cowboys are also 31st in total yards allowed. That’s the profile of a defense that’s been leaking production everywhere, and Tampa Bay took advantage with a backup quarterback in Week 5.
On the other side, Dallas still brings firepower. The Cowboys remain a top-10 team in EPA/Play and yards per play on offense, and they’re averaging more than 27 points per game.
That’s the reason they’re still being treated like a playoff contender despite the defensive problems. The offense has done enough to keep them in the mix.
That’s also why the OVER stands out here. Dallas is 4-1 to the OVER this season, and with Green Bay showing signs of life in the passing game, this matchup has the ingredients for a shootout rather than a slog.
This one is tough to call cleanly, especially because neither team has exactly stacked up signature wins in 2026. Green Bay has beaten the Jets in overtime, edged the Jalon Daniels-led Bucs, and handled a backup quarterback in Chicago.
Dallas has already suffered a damaging home loss to Tampa Bay. That’s why the spread is so tight.
But the scoring outlook feels clearer.
Green Bay should move the ball at home, and Dallas has the kind of offense that can keep pace. That makes the OVER the play for Sunday night.
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