Fantasy Football Guide 2021: NFC sleepers, targets, busts, strategies
By Zach Cohen
Dallas Cowboys Fantasy Football Guide
I’d take Dak Prescott at a certain price. As QB5 in most drafts, I’d be much more comfortable waiting a round or two until I address the position. It’s for the same reason why I wouldn’t draft Patrick Mahomes: The opportunity cost may be too great. Let’s not forget he was averaging the second-most points in fantasy before his ankle injury last season, though. I expect Prescott to return to normal.
Ezekiel Elliott has become a favorite target of mine early in drafts. I’d take him with the No. 4 pick over Derrick Henry, though a standard league would be a tougher sell. The issue with Elliott last season — and really all Cowboys players — can be directly tied to Prescott’s injury. In the five weeks with Prescott starting, Elliott was fantasy’s RB3.
The sky is the limit for Elliott behind what should be a healthy offensive line. For why you should be cautious about drafting Tony Pollard, see my earlier thoughts on Chuba Hubbard. Don’t draft the handcuffs to your own running backs, people.
It seems like everyone and their mothers are high on CeeDee Lamb this season. Count me in, although I do prefer Allen Robinson and Terry McLaurin. I just think they have a better shot at seeing more targets, and thus, a better overall finish. Lamb is still a good pick. I just think his ceiling is capped a bit due to the presence of three other pass-catchers on the offense. However, Dallas has one of the few offenses that can sustain multiple players with 100 or more targets. Lamb, Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup all surpassed that mark even without Prescott.
I’ll gladly take all three at their ADPs, though I prefer Cooper less than the two younger wideouts. In Cooper’s range, I like Robinson, Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp better. As you’ll come to find, I’m very torn on receivers typically going in third-fifth rounds. It truly is a hard-knock life for Dallas tight ends. I’ll keep passing on Blake Jarwin and Dalton Schultz until one of them proves me wrong.