• Battle of the elite vast receivers: Both CeeDee Lamb and Malik Nabers led the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants offenses with over 95 receiving yards every. They are each prime 10 choices over the remainder of the season.
• Wan’Dale Robinson turns into a prime waiver choice: The Giants slot receiver was already a top-36 vast receiver heading into the week and posted double-digit receptions.
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Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants
- CeeDee Lamb: 7 receptions, 98 yards, 1 landing, 3 carries, 8 dashing yards
- Malik Nabers: 12 receptions, 115 yards
Add Wan’Dale Robinson: Robinson is the clear second receiving choice within the Giants offense.
Robinson got here into the week because the WR36 on the season. He had caught 15 passes, which was tied for Sixteenth-most, however he’s averaged a low 8.2 yards per reception. In this sport, he continued his excessive quantity of brief catches, making 11 receptions for 71 yards.
There was a slight change in his function this week. During the primary three weeks, he performed all 120 snaps when the Giants used three or extra vast receivers however solely four-of-76 snaps when two or fewer vast receivers have been on the sphere. This week, he performed 5 snaps in 12 personnel. While it was nonetheless Malik Nabers and Darius Slayton most of the time, when Robinson was on the sphere, it was extra prone to be a cross play, and with Slayton, it was extra prone to be a run. If Robinson continues to take some snaps in two-receiver units every week, that may elevate his ceiling.
Robinson is the proper vast receiver throughout bye weeks as a high-floor, low-ceiling choice to put in fantasy beginning lineups if you want a secure play.
Jake Ferguson is a possible top-five tight finish for the remainder of the season: Ferguson lastly began seeing the enjoying time he obtained late final season.
Ferguson was persistently enjoying lower than 70% of Dallas’ offensive snaps final September and early October and no less than 79% in most video games in December and January. He posted one of the best sport of his profession to finish final season — 10 receptions for 93 yards and three touchdowns within the playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers.
Ferguson suffered a knee damage in Week 1, main him to solely play 4 snaps within the second half. He had performed 82% of Dallas’ offensive snaps within the first half, which is nice for a good finish in 2024. He missed Week 2, and the Cowboys eased him again with 66% of their offensive snaps final week. However, they fed him the ball loads, main to 6 receptions for 95 yards.
This week, he was once more enjoying over 80% of the Cowboys’ offensive snaps for many of the sport till they centered on the run within the fourth quarter.. He caught seven passes for 49 yards. Ideally, he would have damaged a catch for greater than 9 yards, however his efficiency was nonetheless adequate to be a top-13 fantasy tight finish in each different week this season. He is the one tight finish within the NFL who’s wholesome, enjoying a excessive proportion of offensive snaps and has a excessive goal share this season. A top-five season is effectively inside his attain if he stays wholesome.
The Cowboys’ backfield stays unchanged: The Cowboys’ backfield rotation was similar to final week, which once more led to minimal fantasy manufacturing.
The Cowboys continued to have Rico Dowdle because the beginning working again, however Ezekiel Elliott continued to take some drives. Hunter Luepke remained the third-down again, Deuce Vaughn performed a number of snaps once more, and CeeDee Lamb continued to take a number of snaps out of the backfield. At halftime, Lamb was main the staff in dashing yards.
Dowdle had some fantasy worth this week because of his receiving landing, however it is a sport the place the Cowboys have been main for more often than not and will have established the run in the event that they wished to. There is an opportunity the Cowboys begin utilizing fewer working backs in some unspecified time in the future, however till then, none needs to be trusted in fantasy beginning lineups. Dowdle is the one one of many group that ought to at present be on fantasy rosters, as he has one of the best probability to see a bigger function.
Miscellaneous Notes
- The Giants working again rotation was similar to final week — Devin Singletary took many of the work and Tyrone Tracy performed some snaps on each early downs and third downs.
- Giants rookie tight finish Theo Johnson led the league in cross blocks by a good finish over the primary three weeks at 24. He wasn’t requested to cross block as a lot on this sport, however on 5 third downs, the Giants opted to make use of 10 personnel on the sphere as a substitute of getting Johnson on the sphere. The Giants solely used 10 personnel as soon as within the first three video games.
- Malik Nabers was identified with a concussion after making an attempt a sideline catch late within the sport. If he misses the sport subsequent week, anticipate Jalin Hyatt to take over as the skin vast receiver reverse Darius Slayton.
Table Notes
- Snaps embrace performs referred to as again because of penalties, together with offensive holding or defensive cross interference. The different three stats have these performs eliminated.
- Targets might differ from official NFL sources. The most certainly discrepancy can be from a transparent thrown-away cross, the place the NFL might give the goal to the closest receiver, whereas this information is not going to.
- Carries are solely on designed performs. Quarterback scrambles gained’t rely for the full variety of carries within the sport.