DRBR: Dallas Cowboys

As of right now, the Cowboys' DRBR has nothing that I'm really jumping in excitement for. Now, I know you're looking at the score and seeing Royce Freeman's dynamic category and saying, "Hey, those are actually some pretty solid scores," and I agree with you. But I don't necessarily think Royce Freeman is going to be doing that for an entire season, nor do I feel like he's going to be the back to own there anyway.

It's going to be Zeke, and it's going to be Rico Dowdle to start. You're going to see some Deuce Vaughn, you're going to see some Royce Freeman. They're going to be rotating quite a few guys in and out. Really, the key to Dallas's running back success this year is just going to be volume. Whoever gets the most volume is going to be the closest to being the most relevant for any type of fantasy purpose.

But Ezekiel Elliott is not what he used to be, and the DRBR scores show us that. Rico Dowdle had a couple of decent scores, but not really enough across the board to predict any type of breakout this season. Again, Royce Freeman—I don't think he's going to be getting enough touches, and Deuce Vaughn is probably going to be in a very limited role.

So, if you decide to invest in anybody from the Dallas backfield this year, first, it would be Zeke Elliott. The floor is going to be okay at times. It's really going to be game-script dependent. If Dallas is winning, Zeke should be fine. If Zeke scores a touchdown, he should be fine. But if Dallas is playing from behind, you may see a little bit more Rico Dowdle, and that's where things could get a little bit more interesting.

This season, like I did last year, I'll update the DRBR a few times throughout the beginning of the year to see if there's anything pointing out to us. If we see a jump in Dowdle's dynamic scoring, then maybe we need to invest a little bit heavier and grab him off the waiver wire in case there is a chance that he takes Zeke's job from him or sees a larger portion of the carries moving forward. But again, as of right now, I'm not super excited about anything. It's all going to be volume dependency in Dallas. to kickoff. Because if he's ready to go, you are not going to want to miss him in your draft.