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Dallas Cowboys

2024 season · 17 games

Pecking order Targets Backfield Red zone Vacated

Neutral pass rate

60%

NFL Rank: 5th

How often this offense throws when the score is close and the clock isn't forcing it — the cleanest read on what the coach actually wants to do. Pass-first teams support more startable fantasy players than run-first ones.

Pace · sec/snap

30.5s

NFL Rank: 4th

Seconds between snaps in neutral game script. Fast teams fit more plays into the same 60 minutes, and every extra play is another chance at a touch for someone you rostered.

Points / game

20.6

NFL Rank: 21st

Offensive scoring rate. Touchdowns are the most valuable and least predictable thing a fantasy player can do, and they're far easier to hit on an offense that reaches the end zone every week.

RZ trips / game

3.00

NFL Rank: 22nd

Drives per game that reach the opponent's 20. It's the closest thing to a touchdown-supply number: the more often an offense gets inside the 20, the more scores there are for its backs and receivers to split.

Top third of the leagueMiddleBottom third

Pass rate 61%NFL Rank: 6thShare of all plays that were pass attempts, every situation included. Unlike the neutral rate above, this one carries game script with it — a team that trailed all year looks pass-happy here whether it wanted to be or not.PROE -2.4NFL Rank: 17thPass Rate Over Expected. Given the down, distance, field position, score and clock, a model says how often an average NFL team would throw; PROE is how far this offense sat above or below that. +4 means it threw four percentage points more than the situation called for — pass-happy by choice, not because it was losing. Negative means run-first by design.Plays / game 64.9NFL Rank: 4thTotal offensive snaps per game — the size of the pie every skill player on this roster is splitting.

Pecking order

Weighted opportunities per game · Min. 6 games played

Rico DowdleRBEarly DownsTwo-Minute

19.3

235c · 49t · 54% snaps

CeeDee LambWR

16.1

14c · 152t · 71% snaps

Jake FergusonTE

9.2

0c · 86t · 53% snaps

Brandin CooksWR

8.4

3c · 54t · 40% snaps

Jalen TolbertWR

7.0

0c · 79t · 76% snaps

Ezekiel ElliottRB

6.4

74c · 15t · 22% snaps

KaVontae TurpinWR

6.3

16c · 52t · 27% snaps

Luke SchoonmakerTE

5.4

0c · 36t · 35% snaps

Jonathan MingoWR

4.0

0c · 16t · 14% snaps

Jalen BrooksWR

3.8

0c · 30t · 32% snaps

Hunter LuepkeRB3rd Down

2.8

12c · 16t · 28% snaps

Target distribution

Share of team targets

Target share

Dak Prescott

64%

NFL Rank: 10th

CeeDee Lamb24%

Jalen Tolbert13%

Brandin Cooks9%

KaVontae Turpin8%

Jalen Brooks5%

22%

NFL Rank: 16th

Jake Ferguson14%

Luke Schoonmaker6%

Brevyn Spann-Ford2%

14%

NFL Rank: 28th

Rico Dowdle8%

Hunter Luepke3%

Ezekiel Elliott2%

Top 5 per position · players below 2% of team targets are left off

Backfield

How the carries are actually distributed

Bell CowBackfield share

MuddyCommitteeLead BackBell Cow

Lead back at 68% of RB carries

68%

21%

Rico DowdleEarly DownsTwo-Minute

68% carries · 54% snaps · 57% RB targets

Ezekiel Elliott

21% carries · 22% snaps · 17% RB targets

Deuce Vaughn

5% carries · 4% snaps · 6% RB targets

Hunter Luepke3rd Down

4% carries · 28% snaps · 19% RB targets

Dalvin Cook

2% carries · 2% snaps · 1% RB targets

Backfield roles

Who owns each job

Early Downs

303 total

Rico Dowdle211 of 303

70%

Ezekiel Elliott

22%

Deuce Vaughn

Clear owner

First and second down — the carries that build a floor. The percentage is that player's share of the team's early-down carries.

3rd Down

350 total

Hunter Luepke203 of 350

58%

Rico Dowdle

28%

Ezekiel Elliott

13%

Clear owner

Passing downs — where the receiving work lives. The percentage is that player's share of the team's third-down snaps.

Two-Minute

56 total

Rico Dowdle33 of 56

59%

Ezekiel Elliott

20%

Hunter Luepke

16%

Clear owner

Hurry-up drives — on the field when the offense throws. The percentage is that player's share of the team's two-minute opportunities.

Goal Line

15 total

Rico Dowdle5 of 15

33%

Ezekiel Elliott

33%

Dak PrescottQB

13%

No clear owner

QB: Trey Lance 1 (7%)

Inside the 5 — the carries that become touchdowns. The percentage is that player's share of the team's goal-line carries, quarterbacks counted.

Red zone

Inside the opponent 10

PASS 54%NFL Rank: 8th

RUN 46%NFL Rank: 25th

Rico DowdleRB32 opps · 5 TD

CeeDee LambWR19 opps · 6 TD

Ezekiel ElliottRB16 opps · 3 TD

Jalen TolbertWR13 opps · 7 TD

Brandin CooksWR9 opps · 3 TD

KaVontae TurpinWR8 opps · 2 TD

Personnel groupings

Share of offensive snaps

11 — 1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR

71%NFL Rank: 10th

12 — 1 RB, 2 TE, 2 WR

11%NFL Rank: 29th

21 — 2 RB, 1 TE, 2 WR

8%NFL Rank: 9th

Other groupings

10%NFL Rank: 9th

Vacated opportunity

2024 usage now off the DAL roster

25%

of targets · 154 tgt

18th most in NFL

87%

of carries · 367 car

1st most in NFL

Rico DowdleRB49t · 235c→ CAR

Ezekiel ElliottRB15t · 74cFA

Brandin CooksWR54t · 3c→ BUF

Jalen BrooksWR30t→ ARI

Deuce VaughnRB5t · 17c→ DEN

Cooper RushQB19c→ BAL

Trey LanceQB11c→ LAC

Dalvin CookRB1t · 8cFA

Heavy turnover — 2024 usage is a weak guide here

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2024 season data · Updated Sep 6, 2026