Addition by subtraction is a phrase that comes to mind when thinking of the 2018 Cowboys. This year's squad's passing attack is completely overhauled after the retirement of veteran tight end Jason Witten and release of former top-flight wideout Dez Bryant. The duo finished first or second last year on the team in targets, receptions, receiving yards, and touchdown receptions. Both players lacked explosiveness, though, and Bryant was wildly inefficient. After a ho-hum sophomore year for Dak Prescott, he could benefit from no longer feeling the need to air it out to Bryant and spreading the ball around instead. However, who's he going to spread the ball around to?

Home Record: 7-1 Away Record: 3-5 Conference Record: 9-3 Division Record: 5-1

Bye Week: 8 Head Coach: Jason Garrett Offensive Coordinator: Kellen Moore Defensive Coordinator: Rod Marinelli

Special Teams: Keith O'Quinn Owner: Jerry Jones Stadium: AT&T Stadium Surface: Dome

City: Dallas Offensive Scheme: 3WR Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Team Rankings

Team Rankings				Offense Rankings											Defense Rankings
Overall	Offense	Defense	SP Teams	FPTS	Off Plays	TOP	PTS	YDS	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Rush Yds	Rush TD	RZ TD	OV TD	PTS Allow	YDS Allow	Pass Yds Allow	Pass TD Allow	Rush Yds Allow	Rush TD Allow	RZ TD Allow	OV TD Allow	TOP Allow
12	22	6	7	21	11	4	22	22	23	22	10	16	24	23	6	7	13	8	5	10	6	6	6

Team Offensive Stats

Opponent			Vegas			Total Offense									Rushing Offense				Passing Offense						Redzone			Turnovers			Penalties
Wk	TEAM	DEF RNK	Spread	ML	O/U	TOP	PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	PLAYS	YDS	YDS/PLAY	ATT	YDS	YDS/ATT	TD	ATT	YDS/ATT	COMP	YDS/COMP	YDS	TD	RZ ATT	RZ TD	RZ %	TOV	INT	FUML	PEN	YDS
1	CAR	15	2.5	135	42.5	29:24	8	0	0	0	8	57	232	4.1	22	94	4.3	1	29	4.8	19	7.3	138	0	1	1	100%	1	0	1	10	85
2	NYG	9	-2.5	-152	42	27:48	20	10	0	3	7	50	298	6	25	138	5.5	1	25	6.4	16	10	160	1	3	1	33.3%	0	0	0	6	47
3	SEA	13	1	108	40	27:16	13	0	3	3	7	58	303	5.2	19	166	8.7	0	34	4	19	7.2	137	1	3	1	33.3%	3	2	1	7	55
4	DET	7	-2.5	-130	44	30:50	26	3	10	7	6	65	414	6.4	35	183	5.2	0	27	8.6	17	13.6	231	2	3	1	33.3%	0	0	0	2	20
5	HOU	11	3.5	155	45	31:32	16	6	0	7	3	60	292	4.9	29	98	3.4	0	29	6.7	18	10.8	194	1	2	1	50%	2	2	0	7	72
6	JAX	1	3	155	39.5	38:50	40	10	14	6	10	72	378	5.2	42	206	4.9	2	27	6.4	17	10.1	172	2	5	4	80%	0	0	0	3	25
7	WAS	10	-1	-120	40.5	29:50	17	0	7	0	10	61	323	5.3	22	73	3.3	1	35	7.1	22	11.4	250	1	1	1	100%	2	0	2	8	65
9	TEN	12	-4.5	-210	40	25:34	14	7	7	0	0	56	297	5.3	19	72	3.8	0	32	7	21	10.7	225	2	4	1	25%	2	1	1	6	52
10	PHI	5	7.5	315	45.5	33:22	27	3	10	0	14	68	410	6	28	171	6.1	2	36	6.6	26	9.2	239	1	5	3	60%	0	0	0	5	37
11	ATL	8	3.5	170	50	31:57	22	3	0	3	16	63	323	5.1	29	132	4.6	2	32	6	22	8.7	191	0	2	1	50%	0	0	0	2	20
12	WAS	3	-7	-320	40	33:23	31	7	3	14	7	69	404	5.9	34	146	4.3	2	31	8.3	22	11.7	258	2	3	2	66.7%	0	0	0	4	30
13	NO	13	7	305	51.5	36:53	13	10	3	0	0	66	308	4.7	31	100	3.2	0	28	7.4	24	8.7	208	1	5	1	20%	2	0	2	8	80
14	PHI	4	-3.5	-173	45.5	45:33	29	3	3	3	14	93	576	6.2	36	142	3.9	0	54	8	42	10.3	434	3	4	1	25%	3	2	1	11	110
15	IND	16	3	157	47	28:12	0	0	0	0	0	64	292	4.6	22	112	5.1	0	39	4.6	24	7.5	180	0	2	0	0%	1	1	0	9	74
16	TB	5	-7	-325	48	24:41	27	14	3	10	0	50	232	4.6	24	80	3.3	1	25	6.1	20	7.6	152	1	3	2	66.7%	0	0	0	10	67
17	NYG	2	7.5	280	38.5	30:52	36	0	14	7	15	70	419	6	22	51	2.3	1	44	8.4	27	13.6	368	4	4	3	75%	1	0	1	6	46

Team Defensive Stats

Opponent				Total Offense Allowed								Rushing Allowed				Passing Allowed						Redzone Allowed			Opp Turnovers			Opp Penalties
Wk	TEAM	OFF RNK	TOF	PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	PLAYS	YDS	YDS/PLAY	ATT	YDS	YDS/ATT	TD	ATT	YDS/ATT	COMP	YDS/COMP	YDS	TD	ATT	TD	%	TOV	INT	FUML	PEN	YDS
1	CAR	13	30:36	16	0	10	0	6	61	293	4.8	32	147	4.6	2	26	5.6	17	8.6	146	0	5	2	40%	1	0	1	9	80
2	NYG	14	32:12	13	0	0	3	10	67	255	3.8	17	35	2.1	0	44	5	33	6.7	220	1	2	1	50%	1	0	1	3	24
3	SEA	3	32:44	24	0	17	0	7	67	295	4.4	39	113	2.9	1	26	7	16	11.4	182	2	2	2	100%	0	0	0	10	67
4	DET	3	29:55	24	7	3	0	14	53	382	7.2	20	96	4.8	1	30	9.5	24	11.9	286	2	2	1	50%	0	0	0	8	58
5	HOU	11	36:38	19	0	10	3	3	76	462	6.1	31	88	2.8	0	44	8.5	33	11.3	374	1	6	1	16.7%	2	1	1	5	25
6	JAX	16	21:10	7	0	0	7	0	47	204	4.3	18	65	3.6	0	26	5.3	15	9.3	139	1	0	0	0%	2	1	1	4	30
7	WAS	8	30:55	20	7	0	3	10	58	305	5.3	32	130	4.1	0	25	7	14	12.5	175	1	2	0	0%	0	0	0	5	35
9	TEN	2	34:26	28	0	14	7	7	69	340	4.9	36	125	3.5	2	29	7.4	21	10.2	215	2	5	4	80%	2	0	2	3	20
10	PHI	8	26:38	20	0	3	10	7	62	421	6.8	16	71	4.4	0	44	8	32	10.9	350	2	3	2	66.7%	1	1	0	0	0
11	ATL	11	28:30	19	0	6	3	10	55	354	6.4	18	80	4.4	0	34	8.1	24	11.4	274	1	1	0	0%	1	1	0	2	15
12	WAS	5	26:37	23	0	7	6	10	61	331	5.4	20	80	4	1	38	6.6	24	10.5	251	2	3	2	66.7%	3	3	0	4	25
13	NO	15	23:70	10	0	0	10	0	49	176	3.6	19	65	3.4	0	28	4	18	6.2	111	1	2	0	0%	1	1	0	5	48
14	PHI	5	22:32	23	0	0	6	17	48	256	5.3	14	34	2.4	0	32	6.9	22	10.1	222	3	4	3	75%	1	0	1	5	49
15	IND	5	31:48	23	7	3	10	3	66	370	5.6	39	178	4.6	2	27	7.1	16	12	192	0	3	2	66.7%	1	0	1	6	55
16	TB	8	35:19	20	3	10	0	7	75	383	5.1	24	63	2.6	1	48	6.7	34	9.4	320	1	4	2	50%	2	0	2	9	72
17	NYG	1	29:80	35	0	7	11	17	67	441	6.6	25	143	5.7	2	41	7.3	24	12.4	298	2	5	3	60%	2	1	1	11	78

Special Teams Stats

Opponent		Special Teams								Special Teams Allowed
Wk	TEAM	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	PUNT RET	PUNT RET YDS	KICK RET	KICK RET YDS	OPP FGM	OPP FGA	OPP XPM	OPP XPA	OPP PUNT RET	OPP PUNT RET YDS	OPP KICK RET	OPP KICK RET YDS
1	CAR	0	1	0	0	2	13	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	62	0	0
2	NYG	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	3	14	2	56
3	SEA	2	2	1	1	4	20	3	81	1	1	3	3	3	25	3	66
4	DET	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	17	1	1	3	3	0	0	1	23
5	HOU	3	3	1	1	2	22	0	0	4	5	1	1	2	29	0	0
6	JAX	4	4	4	4	2	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-2	1	31
7	WAS	1	2	2	2	3	11	1	26	2	2	2	2	1	3	0	0
9	TEN	0	1	2	2	1	7	1	23	0	1	4	4	2	11	1	23
10	PHI	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	11	4	93
11	ATL	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1	3	16	2	32
12	WAS	1	1	4	4	0	0	1	19	1	1	2	3	2	40	1	44
13	NO	2	2	1	1	1	8	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	17	2	47
14	PHI	3	4	2	2	2	14	2	27	1	1	2	3	1	9	1	36
15	IND	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0
16	TB	2	2	3	3	1	13	1	20	2	3	2	2	0	0	2	69
17	NYG	0	1	4	4	0	0	3	70	2	2	3	3	1	19	5	142

Cowboys Team Leaders

Passing

Dak Prescott

ATT: 526

COMP: 356

YDS: 3,884

TD: 22

Rushing

Ezekiel Elliott

ATT: 304

YDS: 1,435

YPG: 95.67

TD: 6

Receiving

Amari Cooper

TGT: 107

REC: 75

YDS: 1,004

TD: 7

Interceptions

Leighton Vander Esch

INT: 2

INT/YDS: 56

PDEF: 7

PDEF/G: 0.44

Field Goals

Brett Maher

FGA: 36

FGM: 29

FG%: 80.6%

XPM: 32

Quarterback Stats

Player			Passing														Turnovers				Snaps		Sacks
Name	RTG	GP	PASS RTG	ATT	ATT/G	COMP	COMP/G	COMP %	Yds/Att	Yds/COMP	YDS	YPG	300+	Long	TDs	TDs/G	INT	INT/G	FUM	FUML	#	off %	#	#/G	YDS
Dak Prescott	80	16	96.4	526	32.9	356	22.25	67.7%	7.4	10.9	3,884	242.75	2	90	22	1.38	8	0.5	12	6	1,073	99%	56	3.5	347
Cooper Rush	65	1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1%	0	0	0

Running Back Stats

Player			Rushing									Receiving											Totals (Rush + Rec)					Snaps		Turnovers
Name	RTG	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS/ATT	YDS	YPG	Long	100+	TD	TD/G	TGTS	TGTS/G	REC	RPG	YDS	YPR	YPG	Long	100+	TD	TD/G	TCH	TCH %	YDS	YPG	ATT/G + TGT/G	#	Off %	FUM	FUML
Ezekiel Elliott	90	15	304	20.27	4.7	1435	95.67	41	7	6	0.4	95	6.33	77	5.13	567	7.4	37.8	38	0	3	0.2	381	39%	2,002	133.47	26.6	893	83%	6	1
Rod Smith	65	16	44	2.75	2.9	127	7.94	14	0	1	0.06	12	0.75	9	0.56	60	6.7	3.75	14	0	0	0	53	5%	187	11.69	3.5	151	14%	0	0
Darius Jackson	66	4	6	1.5	2.7	16	4	4	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1%	16	4	1.75	18	5%	0	0

Wide Receiver Stats

Player			Receiving														Totals (Rec + Rush)					Snaps		Turnovers
Name	RTG	GP	TM Pass	TGTS	TGT %	TGTS/G	Rec	Rec %	RPG	Yds	YPR	YPG	Long	100+	TD	TD/G	TCH	TCH %	ATT/G + TGT/G	YDS	YPG	#	Off %	FUM	FUML
Amari Cooper	85	15	527	107	18.7%	7.13	75	70%	5	1,004	13.4	66.93	90	4	7	0.47	77	8%	7.27	1,024	68.27	838	80%	2	2
Cole Beasley	80	16	527	86	18.1%	5.38	65	76%	4.06	672	10.3	42	32	1	3	0.19	65	7%	5.38	672	42	714	66%	0	0
Michael Gallup	71	16	527	68	12.5%	4.25	33	49%	2.06	507	15.4	31.69	49	0	2	0.12	33	3%	4.25	507	31.69	738	68%	0	0
Allen Hurns	82	16	527	36	9.5%	2.25	20	56%	1.25	295	14.8	18.44	49	0	2	0.12	20	2%	2.25	295	18.44	454	42%	1	0
Tavon Austin	79	7	527	13	3%	1.86	8	62%	1.14	140	17.5	20	64	0	2	0.29	14	1%	2.71	195	27.86	116	11%	0	0
Noah Brown		8	527	8	0.6%	1	5	62%	0.62	54	10.8	6.75	22	0	0	0	5	1%	1	54	6.75	102	18%	0	0
Terrance Williams	80	3	527	3	0.9%	1	2	67%	0.67	18	9	6	12	0	0	0	2	0%	1	18	6	39	22%	0	0
Lance Lenoir		7	527	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	8	2%	0	0

Tight End Stats

Player			Receiving														Snaps		Turnovers
Name	RTG	GP	TM Pass	TGTS	TGT %	TGTS/G	Rec	Rec %	RPG	Yds	YPR	YPG	Long	100+	TD	TD/G	#	Off %	FUM	FUML
Blake Jarwin	68	16	527	36	3%	2.25	27	75%	1.69	307	11.4	19.19	39	1	3	0.19	388	36%	0	0
Geoff Swaim	72	9	527	32	9.5%	3.56	26	81%	2.89	242	9.3	26.89	43	0	1	0.11	514	48%	0	0
Dalton Schultz	68	11	527	17	1.8%	1.55	12	71%	1.09	116	9.7	10.55	17	0	0	0	299	39%	0	0
Rico Gathers		15	527	7	1.8%	0.47	3	43%	0.2	45	15	3	32	0	0	0	146	14%	0	0

Field Goal Kicker Stats

Player			Field Goals											Extra Points				Points
Name	RTG	GP	FGM	FGA	LONG	FG (0-19)	FG (20-29)	FG (30-39)	FG (40-49)	FG (50+)	FGM/G	FGA/G	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP/G	XP%	PTS	PTS/G
Brett Maher	67	16	29	36	62	0	10	6	7	6	1.81	2.25	80.6%	32	33	2	103%

Punter Stats

Player			Punts
Name	GP	Punts	Punts/G	Punt Avg	Net Punt Avg	IN 20	Touchbacks	Long
Chris Jones	16	60	3.75	44.5	0	17	2	63

Defensive Player Stats

Player				Tackles							Sacks						Fumbles				Interceptions				Snaps
Name	POS	RTG	GP	TCKL	TCKL/G	SOLO	SOLO/G	AST	AST/G	TFL	SCK	SCK/G	SCK YDS	QBH	PASS DEF	Pass Def/G	FF	FR	F RET YDS	F TD	INT	INT/G	INT YDS	INT TD	#	DEF %
Byron Jones	CB	78	16	67	4.19	56	3.5	11	0.69	2.5	0	0	0	0	14	0.88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,018	97%
Jeff Heath	SS	77	16	85	5.31	63	3.94	22	1.38	4	0	0	0	0	5	0.31	1	0	0	0	1	0.06	49	0	998	95%
Jaylon Smith	ILB	77	16	122	7.56	84	5.12	38	2.44	7.5	4	0.25	6	6	4	0.25	3	2	69	1	0	0	0	0	976	93%
Chidobe Awuzie	CB	80	15	71	4.73	57	3.8	14	0.93	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.73	1	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	884	84%
Xavier Woods	FS		14	55	3.93	38	2.71	17	1.21	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.64	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	15	0	880	96%
Leighton Vander Esch	OLB	78	16	141	8.81	103	6.44	38	2.38	3	0	0	0	1	7	0.44	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	56	0	784	75%
Demarcus Lawrence	DE	93	16	64	4	43	2.62	21	1.38	21	10.5	0.66	82	24	1	0.06	3	1	5	0	1	0.06	13	0	735	70%
Anthony Brown	CB	73	15	43	2.93	37	2.53	6	0.4	3	2	0.13	15	3	7	0.53	1	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	689	66%
Tyrone Crawford	DT	81	15	33	2.27	17	1.13	16	1.13	7	5.5	0.37	28	12	2	0.13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	633	60%
Antwaun Woods	DT	67	15	34	2.27	15	1	19	1.27	3.5	1.5	0.1	3	5	1	0.07	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	585	56%
Maliek Collins	DT	78	13	19	1.46	12	0.92	7	0.54	6	3	0.23	24	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	495	59%
Randy Gregory	DE	78	14	24	1.79	18	1.36	6	0.43	7.5	6	0.43	18	16	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	457	47%
Taco Charlton	DE	79	11	27	2.45	13	1.18	14	1.27	5	1	0.09	13	4	1	0.09	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	401	38%
Damien Wilson	OLB	71	16	38	2.31	28	1.75	10	0.56	4	1	0.06	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	285	27%
Dorance Armstrong Jr.	DE	66	15	13	0.87	8	0.53	5	0.33	1.5	0.5	0.03	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	272	26%
Daniel Ross	DT	65	13	14	1.08	7	0.46	7	0.62	4.5	1	0.08	6	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	249	25%
Sean Lee	OLB	95	7	30	4.29	15	2.14	15	2.14	1.5	0.5	0.07	5	2	1	0.14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	220	26%
Jourdan Lewis	CB	81	15	12	0.8	10	0.67	2	0.13	0.5	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	16	0	1	0.07	7	0	187	18%
Kavon Frazier	SS	67	16	23	1.44	15	0.94	8	0.5	2	1	0.06	11	1	1	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	187	18%
Caraun Reid	DT		10	10	1	6	0.6	4	0.4	3	0.5	0.05	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	185	26%
Joe Thomas	OLB	73	10	14	1.4	7	0.7	7	0.7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	6%
David Irving	DT		2	4	2	3	1.5	1	0.5	2	1	0.5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	8%
Justin March	OLB	67	16	4	0.25	1	0.06	3	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1%
Datone Jones	DT		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7%
CJ Goodwin	CB		1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3%
Chris Covington	OLB		5	1	0.2	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%
Treston Decoud	CB		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%

Special Teams Stats

Player				Kickoffs			Punts
NAME	RTG	FUML	TD	KICK RET	KICK RET AVG	KICK RET %	PUNT RET	PUNT RET AVG	PUNT RET %
Cole Beasley	80	0	0	1	0.06	8%	11	3.81	52%
Tavon Austin	79	0	0	0	0		10	8.29	48%
Darius Jackson	66	0	0	4	1	31%	0	0

Can the Passing Game Come to Life?

Dallas was fairly quiet in terms of adding pass-catching talent, but they did sign Allen Hurns and draft Colorado State receiver Michael Gallup with the 17th pick in the third round of this year's NFL Draft. They'll join slot receiver Cole Beasley and annual underachiever Terrance Williams in the passing attack. It's an underwhelming position group, but if Gallup is able to quickly acclimate himself to pro ball and Hurns returns 2015 form, it could be palatable. The wild card who could add a completely different dimension to the passing attack is tight end and former basketball player Rico Gathers. The range of outcomes for him this year is massive, as he could fail to see regular playing time or emerge as a valuable big-play threat (especially in the red zone).

The passing game is a major question mark, but there's no question that workhorse back Ezekiel Elliott will be the focal point of the offense. Zeke eventually served a six-game suspension last year, and his sophomore season wasn't nearly as impressive as his dynamic rookie year. Although, he's still one of the best backs on the planet who can rip off big plays, move the pile on short-yardage carries and do damage in the passing attack as well. The defense has a pair of stars in oft-injured linebacker Sean Lee and sack-monster Demarcus Lawrence. Chidobe Awuzie acquitted himself well as a rookie at cornerback, as did Xavier Woods at safety, and the team spent a first-round pick in this year's draft on linebacker Leighton Vander Esch. There's a lot of youth on the Dallas defense, and if it takes even a slight step forward, this could be an above-average defense. While it's a boring projection, this is a textbook example of a .500-ish team give or take a game either direction.

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Can the Passing Game Come to Life?