4. CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys
No one expected Lamb would fall to Dallas at 17th overall, but that’s precisely what happened. Las Vegas made Henry Ruggs the highest selected wide receiver, and then Denver went with Jerry Jeudy. That allowed the Cowboys to add another leather weapon to their arsenal.
Going into the draft, I believed that Lamb was the most complete and dominant receiver available. He was the top receiver on my big board and checked off all the boxes. However, he falls to fourth in this article because of the team he’s joining. It’s not a great fantasy football situation for the young receiver.
After not throwing for 4,000 yards in each of his first three seasons, Dak Prescott threw for 4,902 yards last year. That’s an extreme outlier. Maybe it becomes the norm and Prescott lights up the league for the second year in a row, but that seems highly unlikely.
Between Dallas already featuring two 1,000-yard receivers in Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup, and Prescott heading for a regression year, Lamb isn’t entering a great position. Even if Prescott maintains his statistical dominance, Lamb won’t see too many targets.
Last year, Randall Cobb finished third on the Cowboys with 828 receiving yards and 83 targets. Again, that’s the maximum amount of looks I could see Lamb getting in 2020, unless he jumps Gallup on the depth chart. Cobb finished 47th among all wide receivers in standard league points last year.