Dallas Cowboys Fantasy Football Preview for the 2026/2027 Season

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  • By Jon Mosales

    Last Updated on July 2, 2026 1:00 pm by Jon Mosales | Published: July 2, 2026

     

    The Cowboys were the fantasy dream last season as each game had nearly 60 total points (27.7 PPG and 30.2 PA).  The offense moved exactly as everyone expected it to with some added blessings.  They were 1st in FPPG at WR with George Pickens making the lea, 5th at QB, 15th at RB and 13th at TE.  Pickens stole the limelight with his WR5 season, but that was as much a product as CeeDee Lamb getting hurt as it was Pickens finally reaching his potential.  The real story was Javonte Williams, who finished as the RB12 after essentially being non-existent since his rookie season.  Williams matched his career total in rushing TDs with a career-high YPC (4.8) and was one the biggest steals on draft day.  The question is now, what happens next?  DAL is bringing the band back together which bodes for the chemistry and continuity, but there won’t be any discounts on draft day.  Lamb, Pickens and Williams are in the top-40, Dak is going as a top-10 QB and TE Jake Ferguson is a top-12 TE.  The Cowboys scored the 4th most points in franchise history, but it wasn’t exactly a one-off as 2021 and 2023 are the seasons they scored the most, so in essence it was almost a done year comparatively.  The one big lesson I have tried to entreat is don’t chase a ghost and I don’t believe that is the case here.  Sure, Pickens and Williams had career seasons, but this team is built as a fantasy incubator.  The biggest questions are whether Pickens and Williams can repeat, but their success of failure isn’t in correlated towards the overall DAL machine.  Dak Prescott remains the engine of this team and really the only pertinent question is whether he stays healthy.  When Dak plays a full season, this team is unstoppable offensively, when he gets hurt (2024, 8 games and 2022 12 games), the team starts cliff diving.  The short term trend is to fade Dak after a healthy season, but I don’t really trust that small sample size.  The question is have we seen peak Dak or is there one more level left for him.  The most yards he’s ever thrown was 2019 with 4902, but he “only” had 30 TDs.  The most TDs he’s thrown is 37 in 2021, but he “only” had 4449 yards.  Last season he went for 4552 and 30 TDs.  Is it just for me or does it seem like he’s leaving some TDs on the table?  DAL was 5th in passing TDs and 11th in rushing TDs (18), so it’s not like there is a ton of room to grow by just shifting rushing TDs to passing TDs, but Dak is too good not to have one season where everything clicks.  Last season Matt Stafford threw for 46 TDs and two seasons ago Lamar Jackson and Baker Mayfied had 41.  I refuse to believe the ceiling for Dak is 37 TDs, especially now with two hyper-elite WRs who could both post top-10 seasons.  I’m not quite putting my foot down and declaring it’s career-year time, but I’m very close because fantasy is all about timing and you want to ride the wave before everyone else sees it break.

    Player most likely to beat ADP: Dak prescott  (ADP 81, QB10)

    The rule of thumb these days is you need a running QB, but sometimes you have to go old school.  We saw Matt Stafford go nuts as a 38-year old gunslinger and now it’s Dak’s time.


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    July 2, 2026, 1:00 pm