{"id":476854,"date":"2026-10-26T05:22:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/476854\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T05:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:22:52","slug":"dallas-cowboys-vs-philadelphia-eagles-fantasy-football-matchup-breakdown-for-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/476854\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles Fantasy Football Matchup Breakdown For Week 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not sure schedule makers anticipated a pair of floundering (2-4) teams when they drew up this NFC East Monday Night Football matchup. It\u2019s stoppable force versus movable object, as the Tanner McKee<\/a>-led Eagles look for a divisional win against a bottom-5 Cowboys’ defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Dallas Cowboys Fantasy Preview for Week 7<\/p>\n

We knew entering 2026 the Cowboys\u2019 offense would need to shoulder the load if they were going to make any noise this season. Dak Prescott<\/a> started off pretty strong, but once he hit Week 3 things started slowly falling apart. Over the last month, the yardage is there since the defense stinks, but it\u2019s hardly the type of efficient quarterbacking we\u2019ve come to expect:\u00a0<\/p>\n

0.03 EPA\/dropback63.5% completion11.6% off-target80.5 passer rating6.5 yards\/attempt1.0 TD:INT ratio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prescott ranks as the QB19<\/a>, failing to crack the QB1 threshold once in that same timeframe. Potential is always there, it just hasn\u2019t been pretty whatsoever.<\/p>\n

Perhaps part of the aerial struggles stem from the Cowboys\u2019 lack of imposing their will on the ground. Sure, Javonte Williams<\/a> is the RB10 as a weekly must-start, but it\u2019s very much reception and TD-dependent (3.7 yards\/carry, 2.73 yards after contact\/rush). He\u2019s eclipsed 62 rushing yards only once and is averaging just 4.0 yards\/touch. Williams fills the assigned role but he\u2019s hardly changing any opposing coordinator\u2019s plans.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Already trailing more than 67% of snaps on this young season, the Cowboys find themselves consistently playing from behind\u2014something I thought they\u2019d handle much better than this. Yeah, CeeDee Lamb<\/a> is the overall WR2 (21.6 points\/game), but George Pickens feels like he\u2019s played much worse than the WR17. It\u2019s been way more famine than feast for the early third-rounder, boasting just one finish inside the top-23<\/a>. As long as he\u2019s earning double-digit targets we have to stay the course on Pickens, but as long as Prescott\u2019s accuracy remains shaky, his floor\u2019s much lower than anticipated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last note on the DAL receiver room relates to Ryan Flournoy<\/a>. While it\u2019s tempting to say he\u2019s eating into the dynamic duo\u2019s targets, it\u2019s not even the case. The Cowboys run 11-personnel at the third-highest rate in the league (74.0%) so there\u2019s no choice but to stand pat and start our guys even in a tough matchup versus Philly. Still, feels like this offense could explode at any moment and sustain it for the stretch run. Buy low across the board where possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Start: Dak Prescott (QB11), Javonte Williams (RB7), CeeDee Lamb (WR4), George Pickens (WR20)Sit: Jake Ferguson<\/a> (TE21)Sleeper: Ryan Flournoy (WR43)Philadelphia Eagles Fantasy Preview for Week 7<\/p>\n

Listen carefully and you might hear Taps playing softly on a trumpet off in the distance. That\u2019s all folks. First off, prayers up for Jalen Hurts<\/a>, who literally risked his life for this team by playing with a blood clot. He\u2019ll miss the remainder of the 2026 season, leaving the keys to the forest green Ferrari in the hands of preseason darling Tanner McKee<\/a>. The former sixth-rounder of out Stanford dropped back 48 times in his stead (OK, I\u2019m listening), except other than not throwing a pick, the debut went pretty horribly otherwise (-0.15 EPA\/dropback, 57.8% completion, 15.6% off-target, 77.5 passer rating, 4.8 yards\/attempt).<\/p>\n

At least McKee understood the assignment, peppering his top options DeVonta Smith<\/a> (7-75-1) and Dallas Goedert<\/a> (6-61-0) all game. Smith has been ruled out, and the same goes for Dontayvion Wicks<\/a>. Hello, Makai Lemon<\/a>. So, even though this is just a shell of the Eagles\u2019 offense, I\u2019d start Schultz and Lemon based on the matchup alone\u2014Dallas is tied for a league-worst 6.0 yards\/play and just 3 turnovers forced, with bottom-5 grades in EPA\/dropback (-0.31), opposing passer rating (110.2), completion rate (68.5%) and yards\/attempt (7.9).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also, Saquon Barkley<\/a> returned to practice and appears to be trending toward playing, but traded rumors may start swirling. So hold your nose and don\u2019t drop Dameon Pierce<\/a> just yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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