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Dak Prescott forwards his MVP chances at Cowboys edge Seahawks

The Cowboys’ 41-35 win over the Seahawks proved one thing: If you don’t have Dak Prescott as your MVP frontrunner, you’re not paying attention.

Coming into Thursday night’s game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Dallas Cowboys, Seattle was 36-0 in games in which they had scored 35 or more points.

Now, they’re 36-1. Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith put up a valiant performance, completing 23 of 41 passes for 334 yards, three touchdowns, one interception, and a passer rating of 97.0. With no run game to speak of — Kenneth Walker was out with an oblique injury, and Zach Charbonnet left the game in the fourth quarter with a knee concern — it was all up to Smith to keep up with the Cowboys.

Smith’s performance would have made it work against most teams and most quarterbacks, but not the Cowboys and Prescott right now. In Dallas’ 41-35 win, Prescott completed 29 of 41 passes for three touchdowns, no interceptions, and a passer rating of 115.8.

We’ve talked a lot about how well Prescott has been playing since Dallas’ Week 7 bye, and since Week 8, he has 20 touchdown passes. C.J. Stroud of the Houston Texans and Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers are tied for second with 10.

In this game, Prescott hit three different targets — receivers CeeDee Lamb and Brandin Cooks, and tight end Jake Ferguson — for touchdowns.

There is an aura of inevitability about Prescott’s play right now. No matter how much the opposing team scores, you just have the feeling that Prescott will find a way to match and exceed his opponents’ efforts.

As for the Seahawks, it was a frustrating game at a lot of levels. Head coach Pete Carroll was apoplectic at times with referee Clete Blakeman and his officiating crew, and for good reason. But in the end, they were left to deal with the fact that the Cowhoys are the better team, and Prescott is the better quarterback.

And at this point, if you’re not speaking his name as the prohibitive MVP favorite, you’re simply not paying attention.

Fantasy football waiver wire: Week 13 free-agent forecast

Check out the top waiver wire targets for fantasy football in Week 13.

With just a few more weeks until the playoffs arrive, it’s crunch time in the majority of fantasy football leagues. The waiver wire should be busy entering Week 13.

After no teams had a bye in Week 12, managers will get hit hard in Week 13. Six teams will be on a bye, including some major firepower. Those six teams include the Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders.

We’ll be taking a look at the top available players rostered in Yahoo leagues, using the 75% rostered mark as the threshold. If you have any questions about prioritizing a certain player over another, don’t be afraid to hit me up on X, formerly Twitter, (@KevinHickey11). Your questions and comments are always welcome!

We also will be taking a look at some deeper players to stash and the top streaming options for the upcoming week.

Fantasy football waiver wire recommendations refer to 12-team league formats, unless specifically stated.

Check back for any updates throughout Monday and Tuesday as more injury news becomes available.

How Dak Prescott and the Cowboys built the NFL’s best passing game

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys have the NFL’s most dynamic passing game since their Week 7 bye. Here’s how it happened.

Before the Dallas Cowboys’ Week 7 bye, Dak Prescott had completed 132 of 190 passes for 1,333 yards, six touchdowns, four interceptions, and a passer rating of 91.0.

Since the Dallas Cowboys’ Week 7 bye, Dak Prescott has completed 127 of 180 passes for 1,602 yards, 17 touchdowns, two interceptions, and a passer rating of 124.8. Prescott’s completion rate has risen from 69.5% to 70.6%, and that’s especially impressive because he’s been throwing completing so many deep balls of late — before the bye, he attempted 19 passes of 20 or more air yards, completing eight for 194 yards, two touchdowns, one interception, and a passer rating of 92.9. Since the bye, Prescott has completed 20 of his 33 deep throws for 565 yards, six touchdowns, no interceptions, and a passer rating of 144.3. When you’re just about perfect on the game’s toughest throws, you are indeed playing with house money.

So, what’s changed for America’s Team in the last few weeks? Why have the Cowboys gone from a 4-2 team led by their defense before the bye, and 100% Dak since?

After a 45-10 Thanksgiving Day win over the Washington Commanders in which Prescott completed 22 of 32 passes for 331 yards, four touchdowns, no interceptions, and a passer rating of 142.1 (and got Washington defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio fired along the way), head coach Mike McCarthy talked about why it’s working so well on that side of the ball.

“We’re rolling through our menus. We’re not a ‘create the wheel’ system approach. I don’t believe in that. I mean, we don’t chase new ideas and concepts. If there’s a wrinkle that we feel helps us, it’s a variation of what we’ve already done. We have so many invested reps in the spring and training camp and that’s the foundation of who we are. Because it takes time to get the timing and efficiency where you want it each and every year and the fact of the matter is you have less time together. That’s why I give all these NFL players in today’s game an incredible amount of respect for what they do away from the building and that five weeks off a summer. That’s a critical time now in development of an offensive passing game. Which you were able to get that done in the past in the spring and training camp.

“There’s a lot that goes on and I just think that those types of adjustments and I think we looked like a first year offense a little bit the first four weeks. But we played the way we needed to play to win and won some games decisively too. We played to our defense, and it served us well. We want to complement each other. When they give us an opportunity, we need to go put it in the endzone. We need to get out in front, when we’re out in front our pass rush is lethal.”

Well, now the passing game is just as lethal, if not more so.

In this week’s “Xs and Os with Greg Cosell and Doug Farrar,” the guys went deep on all the improvements.

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You can watch this week’s “Xs and Os,” featuring all of Week 13’s biggest NFL matchups, right here:

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You can also listen and subscribe to the “Xs and Os” podcast on Spotify…

…and on Apple Podcasts.

Now, let’s dive into the tape to see why and how it’s all happened.

LOOK: Dak Prescott connects with Brandin Cooks for big bomb TD

The Cowboys open up a double-digit lead over the Commanders with Dak Prescott’s second TD toss of the first half.

The Cowboys’ offense has been in an incredible groove since they emerged from their bye week. They’ve been in an incredible groove at home since the start of the 2022 season. They’ve been in an incredible groove at home against the Washington franchise sine 2017. Put it all together and guess how this game is starting?

Quarterback Dak Prescott threw his second touchdown of the first half, finding wideout Brandin Cooks on a deep bomb over the middle where he broke two defenders to roam free.

After a slow start to the season, Cooks is, well… cooking. The ninth-year receiver now has four touchdown receptions in his last five contests.

Fantasy Football: Waiver-wire targets for Week 11

We take a look across the league and help fantasy managers pick players to add to their roster off the waiver wire for Week 11.

It was an exciting and interesting Week 10, where we saw some new names enter into our collective fantasy football minds. Injuries and breakout stars are going to send fantasy managers scrambling to waivers this week, and we can full you in on who to target before waivers clear.

3 Major takeaways as Cowboys exploit the Giants and move forward

The Cowboys wiped out the Giants once again. What are the major takeaways from the Dallas get-right game? | From @cdpiglet

The New York Giants have got to be tired of playing the Dallas Cowboys. After a 40-0 blowout to open the year, Dallas almost dropped 50 on their heads this time, beating them down to the tune of 49-17. This was a “get right game,” with the team cleaning up plenty of issues coming off a loss in Philadelphia.

The Dallas defense held the Giants to 172 total yards, taking down their QB five times for sacks, grabbing an interception, and holding them to 0-for-12 on third-down attempts. The offense was also in full force, with two receivers going over 150 yards and each scoring touchdowns. In fact six players scored in all, and the Cowboys outgained New York by 468 yards—the largest differential in the NFL in 44 years.

The media and some of the fanbase likely downplay this victory because the team lost to the San Francisco 49ers (badly) and the Philadelphia Eagles, so beating the Giants isn’t seen as an important event. That is a narrative the team must ignore altogether. Dallas is trying to improve their play as the season rolls on. They did that in this matchup, and the team can take plenty of positives from this win. Here are some of the essential items coming out of Week 10.

Cowboys-Giants Week 10 Gallery showcases joy from lopsided rivalry

Right-click-save-as. A look at the game through the lens of talented photographers who captured all of the action in the blowout victory. | From @KDDrummondNFL

Don’t let the glorious memories from Sunday’s absolute dismantling of a division rival fade away. After the Dallas Cowboys failed to score on their opening drive, going 0-for-4 near the goal line, and then went three-and-out on the subsequent possession, things improved mightily. Dallas scored seven touchdowns, the most on offense since 2021, in romping the New York Giants 49-17.

The constant barrage of success led to a ton of celebratory moments, as Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, Brandin Cooks and Michael Gallup wowed through the air, Rico Dowdle impressed on the ground. On the opposite side, the defensive front harassed rookie QB Tommy Devito all afternoon, and DaRon Bland did what DaRon Bland does. Here’s all of the action, captured by the great photogs from USA Today Sports and Getty Images.

‘This one’s sweet’: Brandin Cooks flirts with career-best day in Cowboys breakout

From @ToddBrock24f7: Cooks had his biggest day yet as a Cowboy and almost the biggest day of his career, racking up 173 yards in a 49-17 win over the Giants.

The last time Brandin Cooks had 170 yards receiving in a game, the 23-year-old was wearing a fleur-de-lis on his gold Saints helmet, and across the NFC, the Cowboys were wrapping up a surprising 2016 season under a rookie quarterback named Dak Prescott.

This past Sunday found the two on the same team- and definitely the same page- as Cooks tied the second-best day of his pro career and enjoyed his long-awaited breakout performance as a Cowboy.

“For him to have that production is awesome,” Prescott said Sunday after Dallas’s 49-17 thumping of the Giants. “That guy deserves it more than anybody. Amazing teammate, amazing friend, amazing guy. Does everything the right way, and he deserves that.”

Cooks ended the day with nine catches on 10 targets for 173 yards. This was after compiling just 165 yards over his first seven outings with the team.

It was the first time the six-time 1,000-yard receiver has produced like it since signing with Dallas. But Cooks maintains he didn’t do anything differently.

“Nothing. Just continuing to try to trust the process, like I’ve always said,” Cooks told reporters after the win. “The ball came my way, and I just wanted to be able to take advantage of the opportunities that I had tonight.”

The deep-threat playmaker certainly capitalized and was responsible for four of the Cowboys’ nine longest plays from scrimmage, posting receptions that gained 37, 34, 32, and 25 yards. But his best moment may have come on a 10-yard end-zone catch that he later called “a trust throw” from his quarterback.

It wasn’t Cooks’s first touchdown as a Cowboy. But he had far more targets and receptions on Sunday than in any game since arriving.

“It’s a blessing,” Cooks explained before quoting Scripture: “‘Don’t grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time, you’ll reap a harvest if you don’t give up.’ It’s been a hard, tough couple years, but my faith and my work ethic, my family- my wife and my kids- just continue to push me to keep going. This one’s sweet, for sure.”

“Practice, man,” is how Prescott credited the day he and Cooks had. “You know me, I always talk about practice, what we put into it. Going back to this game plan, going back to early in the week, I told him, ‘Let’s put the work in and it’s going to come out.’ He’s been there for us all year when we’ve needed him to, there’s been games where we’ve come back and said, ‘Could you have gotten him more involved?” Yeah, sure, maybe so, right? He’s that type of player that deserves those questions when he’s not getting those targets or getting those catches.”

The questions had definitely been coming, with Cooks on pace to set career-lows in both catches and yards for 2023… before Sunday’s stellar performance.

“I just think his opportunities came together,” Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy explained in his postgame press conference. “The protection part of it [is] we’re getting to where we need to be. We still have work to do there going off of last week, and we definitely took a step this week. And I think just with that, we were able to get into the the play types that we want to live in, and I think you’re seeing more of that here the last couple weeks.”

True. Don’t look now, but Cooks now has three touchdown grabs in his last four games.

Of course, part of Cooks’s quiet season had been because of the monster numbers being posted by fellow Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb. But despite setting his own NFL mark in Week 10 with double-digit receptions and 150-plus yards in a third straight contest, Lamb wanted to talk about his teammate’s near-record day.

“That was long overdue for Brandin. I couldn’t wait to celebrate with him enough,” Lamb said. “He deserved 200 [yards].”

Lamb knows that Cooks’s return to big-play form will only spread opposing secondaries thinner as they try to cover a growing array of weapons in Dallas, with Jake Ferguson and Michael Gallup also in the mix and even youngsters Jalen Tolbert and rookie Jalen Brooks coming on strong.

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“Each and every one of us can go up and go get it,” said Lamb. “Deep ball, deep threats. It’s all picking your poison.”

And if defenders elect to give The Archer just a little bit of space, Prescott will be right there to deliver more strikes to Cooks, now that he’s reminded everyone of the kinds of lights-out performances he can have.

“And he’ll have more of them, I promise you,” Prescott vowed. “It might not be an every-week thing, but he will have more of these games.”

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The Rise of Brandin: Cowboys’ offense Cooks with key ingredient

The Cowboys have waited a while for Brandin Cooks to break out on offense; here’s how his emergence means big things for the Dallas offense. | From @ReidDHanson

It made no sense. Brandin Cooks didn’t just survive in every offense he’s ever been in, he’s thrived in them. The nomadic WR out of Oregon State has played for four teams since joining the NFL nine years ago. He’s posted thousand-yard seasons in all of them before joining Dallas.

In seasons in which Cooks has played at least 15 games, he’s posted thousand-yard seasons every single one of them. Yet since joining the Cowboys via trade this offseason, he’s largely been a non-factor. Until Week 10, that is.

Prior to Sunday’s showdown against the Giants, Cooks was on pace for just 36 receptions and a shade over 350 yards for the season. But after erupting for nine receptions and 173 yards, Cooks is now on a more familiar trajectory. He’s not going to get 173 yards every week, but he only needs to average 83 yards to cross the thousand-yard threshold.

Why the Cowboys offense struggled to get Cooks involved for so long is anyone’s guess. Cooks found a way to produce in every system he’s been in. In Dallas, he had Dak Prescott’s arm and Mike McCarthy’s system working in his favor.

It’s not as if McCarthy and Prescott were failing to meet expectations. McCarthy was running a highly efficient offense and Prescott has been performing at an MVP-level pace as of late.

The film showed Cooks hadn’t lost a step. He was still getting in and out of breaks with ease and he appeared to still have the speed that made him special.

Interestingly enough, despite Cooks’ paltry numbers through the first eight games, the Cowboys 11 personnel group was producing the second best they have since Prescott joined the team in 2016. Nothing really made sense this season. Why was Cooks struggling?

Maybe there were too many cooks in the kitchen (shameless, I know). Maybe it’s CeeDee Lambs’ success that was impacting Cooks’ opportunities. Because when the lamb is so delicious, why cook anything else?

I promise, that’s the last one.

In what seemed like a conscious effort to get Cooks involved, the Cowboys offense is finally cooking here in Week 10 (I regret nothing).

If the Cowboys can get Cooks established as a viable threat this season, they would do wonders for their offense. Cooks has the kind of speed players like Michael Gallup, Jalen Tolbert and Lamb can only dream of. He pushes back the safeties and creates space inside for operators to operate.

Cooks offers a special level of fear to defenses. He can take any ball he touches home for six. Teams know they have to play him carefully. With Lamb’s level of dominance in recent weeks, defenses have had reason to devote extra resources to stop the Cowboys’ top threat. But the ramifications of allowing Cooks the ball in space is too great to hyperfocus on No. 88. Cooks’ emergence helps everyone.

Cooks appears to finally be a viable threat for Dallas and that means good things for the offense moving forward. Because when the Cowboys cook, everyone eats.

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Tunnel Vision – Injuries, free agents and Sunday stars

Tunnel Vision – a look back at Sunday for fantasy free agents, injuries and notable performances.

SUNDAY SALUTES
Quarterbacks Pass-Rush TD
 Dak Prescott 404-17 5
 Justin Herbert 323-15 4
 Sam Howell 312-17 3
Joshua Dobbs 268-44 2
 Geno Smith 369-8 2
Running Backs Yards TD
Brian Robinson 8-38
6-119		 1
Jahmyr Gibbs 14-77
3-35		 2
Devin Singletary 30-150
1-11		 1
Austin Ekeler 19-67
4-48		 1
Christian McCaffrey  16-95
6-47		 0
Wide Receivers Yards TD
Keenan Allen 11-175 2
CeeDee Lamb 11-151
1-14		 2
Brandin Cooks 9-173 1
Amon-Ra St. Brown 8-156 1
Mike Evans 6-143 1
Tight Ends Yards TD
T.J. Hockenson 11-134 1
Trey McBride 8-131 0
George Kittle 3-116 1
Jake Ferguson 4-26 1
Dalton Schultz 4-71 0
Placekickers XP FG
Jason Meyers 2 5
Dustin Hopkins 1 4
Matt Prater 1 4
Riley Patterson 5 2
Chris Boswell 2 3
Defense Sack – TO TD
49ers 5-4 0
Colts 5-2 0
Ravens 4-2 1
Buccaneers 4-1 0
Browns 3-2 1

Bumps, Bruises and Bowouts

QB Derek Carr – Shoulder / Head
QB Taylor Heinicke – Hamstring
QB Baker Mayfield – Thumb
QB Deshaun Watson – Ankle
TE Gerald Everett – Back
RB Alexander Mattison – Concussion
WR Michael Thomas – Knee
WR Jamal Agnew – Shoulder

Chasing Ambulances

QB Derek Carr – Injured his shoulder and potentially was concussed. Jameis Winston came in and threw two second-half touchdowns and two interceptions. The Saints are on their bye in Week 11, so Carr has two weeks to heal up.

QB Taylor Heinicke – Hurt his hamstring and did not return to the game. Desmond Ridder replaced him in time to ensure the eventual loss to the Cardinals. Like Derek Carr, the Falcons have their bye this week and Heinicke will have two weeks to heal. But HC Arthur Smith also has two weeks to decide what he wants to do.

QB Baker Mayfield – Hit his hand on the facemask of a defender and injured his thumb in the middle of the fourth quarter. He still finished the game and later said it was okay. The Buccaneers  play in San Francisco this week, so he’ll need to be healthy to keep the Bucs in that matchup.

QB Deshaun Watson – Injured his ankle in the second quarter during a rough tackle (one of many), but still played the balance of the game. It became notable when he left the locker room with a walking boot but said that he’d be fine. It is something to track this week and the Browns face a critical matchup when they host the Steelers.

RB Alexander Mattison – The Vikings starting running back left in the third quarter of the win over the Saints with a concussion. Ty Chandler replaced him and rushed for 45 yards on 15 carries with one touchdown. Mattison will enter the protocol this week and his availability to play in Denver on Sunday depends on how he progresses.

WR Michael Thomas – Left the loss to the Vikings early in the first quarter after taking a hard hit and hurting his knee. He was officially ruled out in the second half. He already had a legal situation with an arrest last week. The Saints enter their bye, so he has time to heal up and deal with any repercussions from his arrest.

Free Agents, Flops and Other Notables

RB Ty Chandler (MIN) – The Vikings already lost Cam Akers, and then Alexander Mattison suffered a concussion in the win over the Saints. Ty Chandler ran for 45 yards and a score but never had a target.  The Vikings play in Denver this week and will go against one of the worst defenses versus running backs. He’s a need pick for the Mattison owner but a luxury for any other fantasy team unless Mattison misses games.

QB Bailey Zappe (NE) – Bill Belichick benched Mac Jones in the loss to the Colts, and Zappe only completed 3-of-7 for 25 yards during the matchup in Germany. But the Pats slipped to 2-8 and the time to get desperate has already passed. The Patriots, shockingly, are reaching the point where changes need to be made, if only to look like they haven’t given up. That could involve Zappe or any of the Pats’ other players. This is all new territory for the Patriots and a situation that Belichick hasn’t dealt with in decades.

QB Joshua Dobbs (MIN) – Playing in his first start with the  Vikings, the ex-Cardinal threw for 268 yards and a touchdown, plus rushed for 44 yards on eight runs. He’s slipped in quickly and already engineered a win. Dobbs not only has his next opponents of the Broncos, Bears, and Raiders, he may be getting Justin Jefferson on the field this weekend.

RB Devin Singletary (HOU) – Dameon Pierce was inactive this week so the Texans  had to rely on Singletary. The ex-Bill responded well to his first start in Houston when he ran for 150 yards on 30 carries and caught an 11-yard pass.  Pierce is out with an ankle injury and never practiced last week. The Texans’ next three opponents are all at home – Cardinals, Jaguars, and Broncos. The Jags are above-average against running backs but the Cardinals and Broncos are two of the worst.

RB Rico Dowdle (DAL) – The Cowboys dominated the Giants on Sunday, but Tony Pollard only gained 55 yards on 14 rushes (3.7 YPC). The Cowboys stuck with Pollard in the first quarter when they reached the Giants’ goal line but turned the ball over on downs, unable to score.  Dowdle was given 12 rushes and gained 79 yards (6.6 YPC) and punched in a one-yard score in the fourth quarter. Dowdle saw more use in this blowout, but he had been limited to just five carries in all previous games. This week, the Cowboys play in Carolina against the No. 30 defense versus running backs.  Pollard was unsuccessful at home against the No. 26 defense, so maybe Dowdle is slowly buying more playing time.

WR Noah Brown (HOU) – He replaced the injured Nico Collins in Week 9 and gained a career-best 153 yards and a score on six catches in the Texans win over the Panthers. With Collins out again, Brown turned in seven receptions for 172 yards. The ex-Cowboys is buying himself more playing time. Nico Collins missed the last two practices last week with a calf injury.  He’ll start against the Cardinals this week if Collins remains out.

WR Brandin Cooks (DAL) – Entering into Week 10, Cooks had not gained more than 49 yards in any game for the Cowboys but had scored in Weeks 6 and 8. Facing the Giants, Cooks abused them for 173 yards and a touchdown on nine catches. His three scores over the last four games are more impressive than the high-yardage blip from last Sunday.

QB Kyler Murray (ARZ) – The Cardinals quarterback debuted against the Falcons on Sunday. While he only threw for 249 yards and an interception, he scored on his six runs for 33 yards and led six drives that ended in scores, including the drive in the final 2:33 in the game when he brought the Cards down to the ATL 16-yard line where they kicked the walk-off winning field goal.

TE Trey McBride (ARZ) – Expectations for the second-year tight end were higher this year and he already had a 95-yard performance in Week 8. His first game with Kyler Murray this season resulted in a career-best 131 yards on eight receptions in the win over the Falcons. They play in Houston this week against the No. 31 defense against tight ends.

Huddle player of the week

Credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

Dak Prescott  –  After starting the year with marginal passing stats, Prescott perked up against the Rams and Eagles. He just upped those games with 404 yards and four passing scores versus the visiting Giants and even ran in a touchdown. The Cowboys had the game already well in hand before the second quarter but continued the bombing while scoring the entire game through the final two minutes. Fantasy football loves a big score and the NFL’s absence of a mercy rule.

Salute!

Drama 101 – Somebody has to laugh, somebody has to cry

Comedy Yards TDs Tragedy Yards TDs
QB Joshua Dobbs 268-44 2 QB Trevor Lawrence 185-7 0
RB Brian Robinson 8-38
6-119		 1 RB Derrick Henry 11-24
1-(-4)		 0
RB Devin Singletary 30-150
1-11		 2 RB Tony Pollard 15-55 0
WR Brandin Cooks 9-173 1 WR DeAndre Hopkins 3-27 0
WR Noah Brown 7-172 0 WR Terry McLaurin 4-33 0
WR Jayden Reed 5-84 1 WR Drake London 3-36 0
TE Trey McBride 8-131 0 TE Mark Andrews 2-44 0
PK Jason Meyers   2 XP   5 FG PK Brandon McManus   1 FG
Huddle Fantasy Points = 197 Huddle Fantasy Points = 45

Now get back to work…