Instant fantasy football takeaways from Cowboys-Giants Thursday Night Football

• Elite battle of wide receivers: both of them Sir Lamb and Malik Nabars He drove Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants Offenses with over 95 yards each. Both are top 10 options on rest of the season.

• Wan’Dale Robinson becomes one of the top waiver options: The Giants’ slot receiver was already a top-36 wide receiver heading into the week and posted double-digit receptions.

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Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants

• Sir Lamb: 7 receptions, 98 yards, 1 touchdown, 3 carries, 8 yards rushing
• Malik Nabars: 12 receptions, 115 yards

He adds Wandale Robinson: Robinson is the obvious second receiving option in the Giants’ offense.

Robinson came into the week as the WR36 for the season. He caught 15 passes, which was tied for 16th, but averaged 8.2 yards per reception. In this game, he continued his high volume of short catches, making 11 receptions for 71 yards.

There was a slight change in his role this week. Through the first three weeks, he played all 120 snaps when the Giants used three or more wide receivers but only four of 76 snaps when there were two or fewer wide receivers on the field. This week, he played five snaps in 12 personnel. While he was still Malik Nabars and Darius SlayTons More often than not, when Robinson was on the field, it was more likely to be a pass, and with Slayton, it was more likely to be a run. If Robinson continues to take some snaps at two receivers each week, it will raise the ceiling for his ability.

Robinson is the perfect wide receiver during the bye weeks as a high-floor, low-ceiling option to put together a fantasy starting lineup when you need to play safety.

Jake Ferguson He is a top-five potential tight end for the rest of the season: Ferguson is finally starting to see the playing time he got late last season.

Ferguson consistently played less than 70% of Dallas’ offensive snaps last September and early October, and at least 79% in most games in December and January. He posted the best game of his career to the end of last season — 10 receptions for 93 yards and three touchdowns in the playoff game against Green Bay Packers.

Ferguson suffered a knee injury in Week 1, forcing him to play just four snaps in the second half. He played 82% of Dallas’ offensive snaps in the first half, which is great for a tight end in 2024. He missed Week 2, and the Cowboys cut him on 66% of their offensive snaps last week. However, they fed him the ball often, which led to six receptions for 95 yards.

This week, he was again playing more than 80% of the Cowboys’ offensive snaps for most of the game until they focused on the run in the fourth quarter.. He caught seven passes for 49 yards. Ideally, he would have broken the catch for more than nine yards, but his performance was still good enough to rank among the top 13 fantasy ends every two weeks this season. He is the only tight end in the NFL who is healthy, playing a high percentage of offensive snaps and has a high target share this season. A top-five season would be within his reach if he stays healthy.

The Cowboys’ backfield remains unchanged: The Cowboys’ backfield rotation was very similar to last week, again leading to minimal fantasy production.

The Cowboys kept doing it Rico Doodle As a starting running back, however Ezekiel Elliott Keep taking some drives. Hunter Luebke remained in third place at the back, Deus von I played a few shots again, and Sir Lamb Keep taking some shots from the backfield. At the end of the first half, Lamb was leading the team in rushing yards.

Dowdle had some fantasy value this week thanks to his receiving touchdown, but this is a game in which the Cowboys were ahead most of the time and could have built a lead if they wanted to. There’s a chance the Cowboys will start using fewer running backs at some point, but until then, none of them should be trusted in fantasy starting lineups. Dowdle is the only one of the group who should currently be on fantasy rosters, as he has the best chance of seeing a bigger role.

Miscellaneous notes

• The Giants’ backfield rotation was very similar to last week – Devin Singletary It took most of the work and Tyrone Tracy Some snaps were played on both early downs and third downs.
• Giants rookie tight end Theo Johnson He led the league in passing blocks by a tight end through the first three weeks at 24. He wasn’t asked to pass blocks as much in this game, but on five third downs, the Giants opted to use 10 personnel on the field instead of having Johnson on the field. The Giants used 10 personnel just once in the first three games.
• Malik Nabars He was He was diagnosed with a concussion After trying to make a catch on the sideline late in the game. If he misses the game next week, expect Galen Hyatt To assume the role of opposite outside wide receiver Darius SlayTons.

Table notes

• Snaps include plays called due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three statistics for these plays have been removed.
• Goals may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear pass, where the NFL might give the target to the closest receiver, while this data would not.
• Campaigns are only in designed plays. A quarterback scramble will not count toward the game’s total carries.