Cowboys rank 7th on Bill Barnwell's offensive playmakers list

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Tight End and RB are, or will be, absolutely elite. Barring injury, Love will be OROY.

On paper it would seem so...but Jinty struggled last year.
If teams don't respect their passing game they will stack the line

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I feel that seventy is actually pretty close to right.

It also shows how bad the situation will be next year if Jerry fumbles the Pickens play.

Ferguson and Williams are due to fall this year and 2027 will be even worse.

CeeDee also had a down year, for him, and will need to rebound.

Are fergi and Williams set to.ascend?

Williams will have some help, so fresher at the end of the year. Yards may drop but other stats should not take a dip. Overall Dallas run game.migjt be better.

Feegi stayed i. To help with pass blocking a lot last year, he caught a lot but mostly underneath stuff that dipped his ypc.

So depends on guyton and pass blocking.

Not sure if CD had a down year. We had two #1 WRs and they shared a lot. CD never had another WR like Pickens play along side

For both 2025 was the first year in schotty offense. In fact for everyone, so we could see improvement across the board given its year 2 of same offense

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Cardinals? Falcons?

I cant disagree with the rest although niners have lost a couple of pieces and mccaffrey is older, but their coach is very goodnin creating mismatches

Falcons getting that Bijan, Pitts and London push. I don’t know to me Bengals is scary. I just don’t know it Falcons or Cardinals are scary.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Falcons getting that Bijan, Pitts and London push. I don’t know to me Bengals is scary. I just don’t know it Falcons or Cardinals are scary.

Well, I like Bijan, but not by a whole lot. Pittsburgh is not all that and there were rumorsnofnhim.being traded.

But also thwley have Penix who was.over his head.

 

[Kwyn]

Are fergi and Williams set to.ascend?

Williams will have some help, so fresher at the end of the year. Yards may drop but other stats should not take a dip. Overall Dallas run game.migjt be better.

Feegi stayed i. To help with pass blocking a lot last year, he caught a lot but mostly underneath stuff that dipped his ypc.

So depends on guyton and pass blocking.

Not sure if CD had a down year. We had two #1 WRs and they shared a lot. CD never had another WR like Pickens play along side

For both 2025 was the first year in schotty offense. In fact for everyone, so we could see improvement across the board given its year 2 of same offense

Thunderpimp posted some actual stats on Ferg earlier today. Ferg didn’t stay into block much at all.

Thats just something that makes us feel better. He’s gotten worse the last two years and this one will continue the trend

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Thunderpimp posted some actual stats on Ferg earlier today. Ferg didn’t stay into block much at all.

Thats just something that makes us feel better. He’s gotten worse the last two years and this one will continue the trend

Not as.primarily being a blocker, but staying back.and chipping or staying back.before breaking into a route.

Also.i think with CD and Pickens.both being deep thrats, a lot of his routes were designed for.shorter, underneath stuff. Converting first downs.and.moving the chains

He was targeted a lot more (dump.offs) and had.more catches and more TDs. He had 0 1st downs last year.

 

[FVSTONE]

Top 6
1. Lions
2. Rams
3. Bengals
4. Falcons
5. 49ers
6. Cardinals

9. Eagles
27. Skins
31. Giants



7. Dallas Cowboys

2025 rank: 11 | 2024 rank: 8

The Cowboys might claim to have the best one-two punch in the league at wide receiver between CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens.

Pickens' performance after moving from Pittsburgh to Dallas is a great example of how context can dramatically change a player's production. Pickens shifted from a run-first offense with bad quarterback play in Pittsburgh to one that played faster, threw more often and was operated by a much better signal-caller in Dallas. Pickens played better in a vacuum, but he also was in a much more advantageous situation to succeed.

Lamb's 2023 season might look like an outlier if he can't come close to hitting that 1,749-yard mark again in 2026. He's still extremely efficient, but Lamb has missed time with injuries each of the past two seasons and hasn't been able to command the outlandish target share he saw during that big campaign. Between Pickens and tight end Jake Ferguson, who made it back to the Pro Bowl after catching more than 80% of the passes thrown in his direction last season, it's tough to see Lamb earning 181 targets again anytime soon.

Javonte Williams was a pleasant surprise at running back in 2025, staying healthy for the majority of the season and averaging nearly 5 yards per carry along the way. He had struggled to stay on the field since an early-career knee injury, so if he can keep this up in 2026, it'll be difficult to find many faults with what the Cowboys can roll out for Dak Prescott.

Personally, I don't listen to the so-called NFL EXPERT TALKING HEADS too much anymore. They all think that they have the answers to this or for that, and they don't! Let's take up this discussion right before the playoffs start, when the real cream floats to the top!

 

[LouBrown]

WRs? And how much better is Love over Williams who had 1200 yards

Potentially a lot better.

1200;yards is pretty meaningless, especially when you don't generate a lot of big plays.

 

[SoupcanSam]

That’s not a very good team but they have some good offensive skill players. Love needs to live up to the hype but the general consensus is he’s the real deal. McBride has an argument for best receiving TE in football. Harrison/wilson isn’t close to Lamb/Pickens but still a pretty good duo.

I’d probably take the cowboys here but I can see the argument for Arizona.

There is not an argument. The cards are terrible and Harrison was one of the worse wr last year. The guy was one of the worse against man coverage.

That offense ran thru mcbride and their RB rotation.

 

[SoupcanSam]

Top 6
1. Lions
2. Rams
3. Bengals
4. Falcons
5. 49ers
6. Cardinals

9. Eagles
27. Skins
31. Giants



7. Dallas Cowboys

2025 rank: 11 | 2024 rank: 8

The Cowboys might claim to have the best one-two punch in the league at wide receiver between CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens.

Pickens' performance after moving from Pittsburgh to Dallas is a great example of how context can dramatically change a player's production. Pickens shifted from a run-first offense with bad quarterback play in Pittsburgh to one that played faster, threw more often and was operated by a much better signal-caller in Dallas. Pickens played better in a vacuum, but he also was in a much more advantageous situation to succeed.

Lamb's 2023 season might look like an outlier if he can't come close to hitting that 1,749-yard mark again in 2026. He's still extremely efficient, but Lamb has missed time with injuries each of the past two seasons and hasn't been able to command the outlandish target share he saw during that big campaign. Between Pickens and tight end Jake Ferguson, who made it back to the Pro Bowl after catching more than 80% of the passes thrown in his direction last season, it's tough to see Lamb earning 181 targets again anytime soon.

Javonte Williams was a pleasant surprise at running back in 2025, staying healthy for the majority of the season and averaging nearly 5 yards per carry along the way. He had struggled to stay on the field since an early-career knee injury, so if he can keep this up in 2026, it'll be difficult to find many faults with what the Cowboys can roll out for Dak Prescott.

The only ones that should be over the cowboys are the rams and lions, and the lions are debatable.

You've gotta be smoking Crack to have those other teams ahead of dallas.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Potentially a lot better.

1200;yards is pretty meaningless, especially when you don't generate a lot of big plays.

He is not a home run hit.

But top rusher james cook had 1600 yards.
As a team buffalo had 2600.

Javante was top 10 with 1200.

Dallas had 2100. And if Blue and Mafah contribute in second year, It can be even better.

Now, the problem for Love will be if their passing game isn't good enough, teams will stack the line to stop him, ala what happened to Jeanty. Javante won't have that problem.

 

[LouBrown]

He is not a home run hit.

But top rusher james cook had 1600 yards.
As a team buffalo had 2600.

Javante was top 10 with 1200.

Dallas had 2100. And if Blue and Mafah contribute in second year, It can be even better.

Now, the problem for Love will be if their passing game isn't good enough, teams will stack the line to stop him, ala what happened to Jeanty. Javante won't have that problem.

Ok?

That is all pretty irrelevant to the point

 

[Hardline]

Cardinals at 6? What?

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

Yeah at that point put them at 1….they have Cowboys number and it’s embarrassing at this point.

This, even with the better team they always seem to beat us and leave us dumbfounded how we keep losing to this d— team.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Ok?

That is all pretty irrelevant to the point

It wasn't. 1200 yards is top 10. Love maybe better but henwill have tougher time of it...ala Jeanty. So 1200 yards is not meaningless.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

This, even with the better team they always seem to beat us and leave us dumbfounded how we keep losing to this d— team.

At first we thought it was because of Kyler…then when Dobbs and Brissett did it….and I might be remembering wrong but why do I feel like Jake Plummer use to beat us with the Cardinals….

 

[DarkVader33]

Hasn’t even played a snap…..

A lot of posters say “on paper” only for the cowboys. Lol. Seems like Love is already in the HOF.

 

[cald0d30s0]

He hasn’t played a down…

 

[Hardline]

He hasn’t played a down…

nope.

 

[coult44]

Cardinals at 6? What?

I stopped reading when I seen this. Even the 9ers is a joke based on his criteria.
What a loser