Dallas at Las Vegas

Back in their glory days, the Cowboys were long known for being no-shows in the preseason. But things have changed under Wade Phillips. The Cowboys have been good under Phillips having won 60% of their NFL-X games (12-8) since taking over down in Dallas. He has also now won four of six in the first game of the NFL-X. The Raiders new coach, Tom Cable, becomes the fourth new Raiders coach in the last five years, and the franchise remains unstable. Two able-bodied backups will get most of the snaps here, but I like John Kitna's supporting cast a lot more than Jeff Garcia's. There has been a long history in the NFL-X that has pointed to a 60%+ system that is active for this game on the Cowboys, so I'm going with Dallas in their opener.