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Fantasy football: Where to draft Dallas Cowboys TE Dalton Schultz

Analyzing Dallas Cowboys TE Dalton Schultz’s 2022 fantasy football ADP and where you should target him in your drafts.

In every fantasy draft there are cut lines that take place when it is felt the Tier 1 talent at a position is exhausted. Those cut lines are pretty pronounced. It would appear in 2022 fantasy drafts, there are 5 tight ends viewed as worth having in the first 5 rounds of the draft. After that, the talent coming off the board gets more spread out. The 2nd tier of tight ends clearly begins with Dalton Schultz of the Dallas Cowboys.

Below, we look at Dalton Schultz‘s 2022 fantasy football average draft position (ADP) and where you should draft him.

When it came to replacing Cowboys legend Jason Witten, it wasn’t supposed to be Schultz who was the guy. It was Blake Jarwin. But when Jarwin got injured in 2020, Schultz took over and hasn’t looked back.

Dalton Schultz’s ADP: 63.72

(ADP data courtesy of MyFantasyLeague.com; last updated at time of this publishing; ADPs continually change as more drafts occur)

Between the end of the the 5th round by ADP numbers for 10-player leagues and near the end of the 10th round, there are only 3 tight ends that are being taken. The Fab 5 ends with George Kittle (San Francisco) with an ADP at 49.89. Schultz comes almost 14 picks later, followed by Dallas Goedert (Philadelphia Eagles) at 76.99 and T.J. Hockenson (Detroit Lions) at 77.13. After Hockenson, it is another 20 picks before the next tight ends gets drafted.

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Dalton Schultz’s 2021 stats

Games: 17

Receptions | targets: 78 | 104

Receiving yards: 808

Receiving touchdowns: 8

Where should you draft Schultz?

Of the tight ends near the top, Schultz is the least athletic in terms of pure gifts, but he is adept at finding soft spots in defenses and settling in. With more questions than answers at wide receiver for the Cowboys following the trade of Amari Cooper, quarterback Dak Prescott will be relying on the players he knows best.

One of the top names on that list will be Schultz. While he doesn’t crack the top 5 fantasy tight ends this season, he’s the next best thing and his ADP number is about right for a player who could well equal or surpass his impressive numbers from 2021.

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Fantasy football: Where to draft Dallas Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb

Analyzing Dallas Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb’s 2022 fantasy football ADP and where you should target him in your drafts.

When the Dallas Cowboys drafted CeeDee Lamb in the 1st round of the 2020 NFL Draft, the belief was that he was going to be a star. He was the latest to be awarded Michael Irvin’s No. 88 — which has been given to receivers viewed as the “Next Big Thing.” With the trade of Amari Cooper, that time is now and Lamb is going to be expected to raise his game to the WR1 level — not just with the Cowboys, but in fantasy football circles.

Below, we look at CeeDee Lamb‘s 2022 fantasy football average draft position (ADP) and where you should draft him.

Dak Prescott has been anointed as the franchise quarterback and the 2-headed run game can be dominant at times. Lamb needs to be the 3rd component that makes the Dallas offense click.

CeeDee Lamb’s ADP: 18.86

(ADP data courtesy of MyFantasyLeague.com; last updated at time of this publishing – ADPs continually change as more drafts occur)

As is often the case with the 24/7/365 hype machine surrounding the Cowboys, those players who are expected to be key contributors are lionized in the offseason and Lamb has been getting that treatment.

Lamb is currently being drafted as WR6 — slightly behind Davante Adams (Las Vegas Raiders) at 13.62 and Stefon Diggs (Buffalo Bills) at 16.24 and ahead of Deebo Samuel (San Francisco 49ers) at 19.73 and Tyreek Hill (Miami Dolphins) at 24.90.

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CeeDee Lamb’s 2021 stats

Games: 16

Receptions | targets: 120 | 79

Receiving yards: 1,102

Receiving touchdowns: 6

Where should you draft Lamb?

With the trade of Cooper, Michael Gallup coming back from injury and James Washington down, Lamb is going to have to be the main man by a large margin in the Cowboys pass offense.

Where he is ranked is likely on point given the young quarterbacks that are throwing to Samuel and Hill — the 2 receivers immediately behind Lamb. I might drop him behind Samuel because of the double duty Deebo brings to the table and have a hard time dropping Tyreek too far, but Lamb should meet or surpass his career highs across the board. That makes him worthy of being a WR1, although it’s asking him to do something he has yet to prove on the field or to fantasy owners. A case can be made for the guys behind him, but Lamb is a “safe pick” for fantasy stardom in 2022.