The Dallas Cowboys handed the NY Jets their 5th straight loss with a convincing 35-22 win on Sunday.
No Ceedee Lamb, no problem. It’s a next man up mentality for the offense as the Dallas Cowboys got back into the win column after a tie in week 4 vs the Green Bay Packers.
Dak Prescott finished 18 of 29 for 237 yards and four touchdowns behind an offensive line decimated by injuries. Javonte Williams had another productive day, recording 135 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries while catching a four-yard touchdown pass. Second-year wide receiver Ryan Flournoy had the biggest day of his career, finishing with six receptions for 114 yards, and George Pickens had two receptions for 57 yards and a touchdown. Jake Ferguson is flourishing this season. He finished the game with seven receptions for 49 yards and two touchdowns. He has finished as a top-five tight end in four of the five weeks played, and with 41 receptions, he becomes only the fourth tight end to have more than 40 catches in a team’s first five games.
The Cowboys will play the Carolina Panthers in Week 6 and look to keep their high-powered offense rolling.
Author: Dane Madoche(@FF_DaMaddog)
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Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer doesn’t foresee rookie running Jaydon Blue being active in the near future.
The Dallas Cowboys made a surprise move just ahead of their Week 1 matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles. Rookie Jaydon Blue was inactive in favor of veterans Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders. Head coach Brian Schottenheimer has stated he wants more consistency from Blue.
This likely has a lot to do with pass protection and keeping up with the speed and pace of the NFL. While Blue has excellent physical talent, coaches need reliability.
Javonte Williams did the most with the Week 1 opportunity as he had 2 1-yard touchdowns with 54 rushing yards off 15 carries. Miles Sanders had a 49-yard run, but was haunted by a lost fumble. Expect Blue to be inactive in Week 2, while Javonte Williams is a flex option. For redraft, Blue should only be stashed in deeper 12-team leagues.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
Javonte Williams fantasy stock gets a boost with a 2 touchdown performance against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The shape of the Dallas Cowboys backfield took a dramatic turn Thursday night against the Eagles. Just prior to the game, rookie Jaydon Blue was ruled inactive.
This opened up opportunity share for Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders to take a hold of the Cowboys running back job. Williams wasted no time as he pounded in 2 touchdowns on 15 rushing attempts and 54 rushing yards. Sanders had 53 rushing yards on 4 attempts.
The stats are misleading. Both of Williams’ touchdowns were 1-yarders and he averaged 3.6 yards per carry. Miles Sanders got 49 of his yards on 1 of his 4 carries, but also came away with a lost fumble. This is a great chance to sell high on Javonte Williams and the Sanders fumble should open the door for Jaydon Blue to get some playing time going forward.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
Dallas Cowboys rookie RB Jaydon Blue is having his work ethic questioned by the coaching staff.
The Dallas Cowboys selected Jaydon Blue in the 5th round of the NFL draft. The rookie enters a running back room that is ripe with opportunities. Hearing the news that coaches are questioning his work ethic, expressing that he is “borderline lazy,” is not the start fantasy managers wanted. The rookie RB attended OTAs and mini camp, but no news broke that he got reps with the first team offense.
The Cowboys hope that the 21-year-old can mature throughout his rookie contract, but for a team that desperately needs him to see the field in his rookie season, this is a major concern. The backfield includes Javonte Williams, Miles Sanders and fellow rookie Phil Mafah. The veterans have the leg up on Blue for reps out of the backfield heading into training camp, but the lack of fantasy success shows Blue has an opportunity to produce; he will need to lock in and take advantage.
Williams currently has an Underdog ADP of 130, Miles Sanders at 188, and Jaydon Blue settling in at 147. With the news of Blue’s work habits coming to light, these ADPs are something to monitor moving forward.
Author: Dane Madoche(@FF_DaMaddog)
It might only be OTAs, but Dallas Cowboys running back Javonte Williams might be in the committee’s driver’s seat.
Reports out of Dallas Cowboys OTAs are that Javonte Williams is already leading the presumed 2025 committee at running back. Of course, it’s still early in the offseason, but Williams was the de facto choice to take all the reps when the first team offense was on the field. Williams carries more pedigree than his backfield mates; the former second-round pick (2021, North Carolina) is still in his prime after just turning 25 in April.
Should Williams earn the starting nod, that leaves 28-year-old Miles Sanders, 2025 rookies Jaydon Blue and Phil Mafah, and diminutive 23-year-old Deuce Vaugn, the latter of whom is probably on his way out. Sanders is 28 and on his third team in seven seasons, and it would appear this year’s fifth-rounder, Blue, would have an inside track to at least begin the season as No. 2 on the depth chart.
After suffering a gruesome multi-ligament tear in his knee in 2022, Williams has had a bumpy road back. Former head coach Vic Fangio was enamoured with utilizing Jaleel McLaughlin often. When Sean Payton took over, he ran a true committee backfield with the addition of rookie Audric Estime. Now in Dallas, who has been lacking an ideal option, Williams is the best-suited of the bunch to handle the rock early and often. After returning from injury, Williams was still able to account for just shy of 2,000 yards and nine touchdowns in 2023 and 2024.
Author: Sam Schneider (@BuyAndSellYou)
The Dallas Cowboys are planning to sign former Broncos RB Javonte Williams to a one-year, $3M deal.
Javonte Williams hasn’t looked like the physical force he was coming out of UNC and during his rookie year with the Broncos after suffering a torn ACL, LCL, and damage to his posterolateral corner in Week 4 of the 2022 season. Over the past two seasons, he’s averaged a paltry 3.6 yards per rush and was limited to just 139 rushing attempts in 2024 as the Broncos decided to lean on other options.
Williams ranked outside of the top 30 running backs in every rushing efficiency stat measured by PlayerProfiler in 2024. He was never a burner, but over the past two years, it’s been clear he’s lumbering in a way that many hoped he’d move past as he further recovered.
Fantasy Managers shouldn’t overreact and try to acquire Williams because he landed in a prime landing spot. $3M is backup money, and the Cowboys are almost certain to target a running back in the first few rounds of the NFL draft that will keep Williams off the field.
Author: Jonny Tooma (@FantasyPicasso)
