The Dallas Cowboys are a rare team that has two top-12 wide receivers in our rankings and projects as one of the highest-upside offenses in the NFL for 2026.Ian Hartitz and Dwain McFarland bring you everything you need to know about the Cowboys for fantasy football with their 2026 fantasy football cheat sheet, highlighting their fantasy football rankings, projections and more.

Dallas Cowboys Team Overview For 2026

• 2025 Record/Rank in PPG: 7-9-1/27.7 (7)
• 2026 Proj TDs per game: 2.7 (rank: 6)
• Head Coach: Brian Schottenheimer
• Offensive Playcaller: Schottenheimer (OC Klayton Adams)
• Projected Plays Per Game: 63.5 (rank: 1)
• Projected Dropback Rate: 61.8% (rank: 6)
• Matthew Freedman’s Projected Win Total: 7.7
• Offensive Line Grade: C+

Cowboys Fantasy Football Rankings And Depth Chart

• QB: Dak Prescott (QB12)
• RB: Javonte Williams (RB15) | Malik Davis (RB80) | Jaydon Blue (RB72)
• WR: CeeDee Lamb (WR5) | George Pickens (WR12) | Ryan Flournoy (WR81)
• TE: Jake Ferguson (TE11)

Fantasy Football Breakdown For The 2026 Dallas Cowboys

Dak Prescott has led the NFL's sixth, first, first and seventh-highest-scoring offense during his last four seasons when he was healthy enough to start at least 16 games. While the rushing heights aren't quite what they used to be, the soon-to-be 33-year-old gunslinger is a discount Joe Burrow in fantasy land thanks to his team's alpha wide receiver duo and piss-poor defense.

Javonte Wiliams looked like a new man in 2025 on his way to racking up 1,201 rushing yards and 13 total touchdowns. The Cowboys' decision to give him a three-year, $24 million extension and not add any meaningful competition likely (again) locks Williams into a bell-cow role within pretty much anyone's idea of a top-10 offense. Malik Davis is the likely handcuff over Jaydon Blue.

CeeDee Lamb's last four season-long finishes in PPR points per game: WR7, WR1, WR7 and most recently WR12. Of course, George Pickens squeezed targets a bit more than usual in 2025. Lamb still led the way in targets (116 vs. 99) and PPR points (16.6 vs. 16.1) during their 12 full games together, but the competition is enough to push Lamb outside fantasy's consensus top-4 receivers for the first time in a minute. Meanwhile, Pickens is a more than viable borderline WR1 alongside fellow overqualified WR2 Tee Higgins and WR1s with shakier QB situations like Tetairoa McMillan and Chris Olave.

On the one hand, Jake Ferguson's 82-600-8 receiving line was good enough to work as the TE11 in PPR points per game. On the other hand, he boasted bottom-5 efficiency and largely benefited from averaging 18.6 PPR points per game in four games without Lamb compared to just 9.4 with him. He's not someone fantasy managers should realistically expect top-5 heights from without major injuries occurring elsewhere.

Utilization Notes For The Dallas Cowboys

CeeDee Lamb's 14.4 PPG in 2025 represents a steep drop from his 23.8 WR1 finish in 2023, hurt by George Pickens' arrival and multiple injuries. In 11 healthy games, he averaged 16.5 points with a 28% target share and 2.29 YPRR—great numbers. At 27, he's still in his prime on one of the league's most durable passing offenses. Dak Prescott has averaged 277 passing yards over three seasons in healthy games—well above the 230 NFL average. Even sharing targets with Pickens, Lamb remains a locked-in WR1 worth targeting in Round 1.

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