Dak Prescott

Week 17 versus Arizona Cardinals

Prescott rebounded in a big way in Week 16 in his first home game in three weeks. The Cardinals come to town Week 17 and are dealing with a myriad of injuries on both sides of the ball, which is good and bad news for Prescott. A weakened secondary helps his passing prospects against the 16th-ranked team against quarterbacks using 4for4’s schedule-adjusted fantasy points allowed (aFPA) metric. A couple of missing defensive linemen also means a better running attack for Dallas. Prescott has top 10 upside but is no lock for a repeat of Week 16’s performance.

Week 15 at New York Giants

Prescott turned in his second sub-double-digit fantasy performance in his past six games. He had one such occurrence in the six games prior to Dallas’s bye week. The offense did not click in Week 14 and faces a similarly tough test in a road game against the Giants. What the Giants lack in QB pressure they make up for in secondary talent. Prescott will have to utilize whichever running backs are active in the passing game to offset some of the issues his receivers could face. Prescott’s upside is in a shootout-like performance as he has not needed to throw the ball as much when Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard are healthy. 200-plus passing yards should be expected, but his upside is capped by injuries in the backfield and inconsistent play by his offensive line.

Week 13 at New Orleans Saints

The Cowboys' offense has been on the field for at least 70 plays twice in the past four weeks and has over 40 pass plays in two games over the same time frame. That has also led to two 25-plus fantasy point outputs for Dak since returning from injury despite a revolving door of wide receivers. Amari Cooper (COVID-19) remains questionable, but the return of Michael Gallup and multiple full practices from CeeDee Lamb put the Cowboys in an excellent spot against the pass funnel defense of the New Orleans Saints. New Orleans has allowed four 25-plus fantasy point performances in their past five games, including to dusty Matt Ryan. The Dallas offensive line is healthy, and the Saints defensive line has injury question marks, all the reason to trust Prescott on a non-traditional Thursday night game with one week’s rest.