NFC East · 2018

Dallas Cowboys

Record

10-6

Seed

Net EPA

+0.030est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

Percentile against the teams that played this season, computed from play-by-play.

Offence

Higher is better.

EPA / play+0.009
Success rate43.9%
EPA / dropback+0.051
EPA / rush-0.060
Explosive rate8.9%
CPOE+1.03
Third-down rate41.3%
Red-zone TD rate57.5%
Points / drive1.93
Turnover rate1.6%

← worse in leagueleague averagebetter →

Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

EPA / play allowed-0.034
Success rate allowed44.1%
EPA / dropback allowed+0.060
EPA / rush allowed-0.193
Explosive rate allowed7.7%
Pressure rate (proxy)20.8%
Sack rate6.1%
Points / drive allowed1.92

← worse in leagueleague averagebetter →

Offensive EPA / play — league shape+0.009 · 40th %ile

Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)-0.034 · 21th %ile

Form

The shape of the season

Rolling four-week EPA per play. The aggregate hides collapses and surges; this shows them.

4-week rolling EPA/play — up is good for both lines.

Offense
Defense (prevented)

Betting profile

Against the number

Settled against closing lines. Descriptive, not predictive.

ATS

9-6-1

+1.5 vs line

Home

5-2-1

Away

4-4

As favorite

3-3-1

As dog

6-3

O/U

7-9

-2.3 vs total

Roster

103 players

53 active. Skill players link through to their fantasy page.

Quarterbacks4

Quarterbacks
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
1	Dalton Sturm	QB	—	6'1" 208	R	Texas-San Antonio	CUT
3	Mike White	QB	23	6'5" 225	R	Western Kentucky	ACT
4	Dak Prescott	QB	25	6'2" 238	2	Mississippi State	ACT
7	Cooper Rush	QB	26	6'3" 228	1	Central Michigan	ACT

Backs & receivers27

Backs & receivers
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
2	Ricky Jeune	WR	—	6'2" 213	R	Georgia Tech	CUT
10	Tavon Austin	WR	28	5'8" 179	5	West Virginia	ACT
11	Cole Beasley	WR	29	5'8" 180	6	Southern Methodist	ACT
13	Reggie Davis	WR	24	6'0" 170	1	Georgia	DEV
13	Michael Gallup	WR	22	6'1" 200	R	Colorado State	ACT
14	Lance Lenoir	WR	23	6'0" 201	1	Western Illinois	ACT
16	Ced Wilson	WR	24	6'2" 197	R	Boise State	RES
16	Darren Carrington	WR	—	6'3" 205	R	Utah	CUT
17	Allen Hurns	WR	28	6'1" 208	4	Miami	RES
18	Dres Anderson	WR	26	6'2" 190	3	Utah	CUT
18	Marchie Murdock	WR	—	6'0" 208	R	Iowa State	CUT
19	Amari Cooper	WR	24	6'1" 211	3	Alabama	ACT
19	Mekale McKay	WR	—	6'4" 210	2	Cincinnati	CUT
21	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	23	6'0" 225	2	Ohio State	ACT
26	Darius Jackson	RB	26	6'0" 220	2	Eastern Michigan	ACT
34	Trey Williams	RB	—	5'7" 200	3	Texas A&M	CUT
45	Rod Smith	RB	26	6'3" 240	3	Ohio State	ACT
46	Jordan Chunn	RB	23	6'0" 230	R	Troy	DEV
49	Jamize Olawale	RB	29	6'1" 240	6	North Texas	ACT
80	Rico Gathers	TE	24	6'6" 290	2	Baylor	ACT
81	KD Cannon	WR	—	5'11" 185	1	Baylor	CUT
83	Terrance Williams	WR	30	6'2" 210	5	Baylor	RES
85	Noah Brown	WR	22	6'2" 222	1	Ohio State	ACT
86	Dalton Schultz	TE	22	6'5" 242	R	Stanford	ACT
87	Geoff Swaim	TE	26	6'4" 260	3	Texas	RES
89	Brandon Reilly	WR	26	6'2" 200	1	Nebraska	DEV
89	Blake Jarwin	TE	24	6'5" 246	1	Oklahoma State	ACT

Offensive line23

Offensive line
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
52	Connor Williams	OL	21	6'5" 315	R	Texas	ACT
60	Marcus Martin	OL	26	6'3" 330	4	Southern California	RES
60	Oni Omoile	OL	25	6'2" 310	2	Iowa State	DEV
60	Matt Diaz	OL	—	6'6" 297	R	Wagner	CUT
61	Adam Redmond	OL	25	6'6" 300	2	Harvard	ACT
61	Korren Kirven	OL	—	6'5" 315	1	Alabama	CUT
61	Bryce Johnson	OL	—	6'5" 315	R	St. Cloud State	CUT
61	Kyle Bosch	OL	—	6'4" 300	R	West Virginia	CUT
62	Jacob Alsadek	OL	—	6'7" 320	R	Arizona	CUT
62	Jacob Ohnesorge	OL	—	6'2" 294	R	South Dakota State	CUT
63	Jake Campos	OL	25	6'7" 310	R	Iowa State	DEV
67	Dustin Stanton	OL	24	6'6" 310	1	Oregon State	RES
68	Cody Wichmann	OL	26	6'5" 325	3	Fresno State	DEV
69	Damien Mama	OL	—	6'4" 325	1	USC	CUT
70	Zack Martin	OL	29	6'4" 310	4	Notre Dame	ACT
71	La'el Collins	OL	25	6'4" 315	3	Louisiana State	ACT
72	Travis Frederick	OL	27	6'4" 320	5	Wisconsin	RSN
73	Joe Looney	OL	28	6'3" 315	6	Wake Forest	ACT
75	Cameron Fleming	OL	27	6'5" 320	4	Stanford	ACT
76	Xavier Su'a-Filo	OL	27	6'4" 320	4	UCLA	ACT
77	Tyron Smith	OL	29	6'5" 320	7	Southern California	ACT
78	Kadeem Edwards	OL	27	6'4" 315	4	Tennessee State	CUT
79	Parker Ehinger	OL	27	6'6" 310	2	Cincinnati	RES

Defensive front27

Defensive front
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
41	Kyle Queiro	LB	25	6'2" 230	R	Northwestern	DEV
42	Eric Pinkins	LB	—	6'3" 225	4	San Diego State	CUT
43	Joel Lanning	LB	—	6'1" 238	R	Iowa State	CUT
48	Joe Thomas	LB	27	6'1" 227	4	South Carolina State	ACT
50	Sean Lee	LB	32	6'2" 245	8	Penn State	ACT
51	Caraun Reid	DL	28	6'2" 298	4	Princeton	ACT
53	Justin March-Lillard	LB	25	5'11" 222	3	Akron	ACT
54	Jaylon Smith	LB	23	6'2" 240	2	Notre Dame	ACT
55	Leighton Vander Esch	LB	22	6'4" 240	R	Boise State	ACT
56	Datone Jones	DL	28	6'4" 285	5	UCLA	RES
57	Damien Wilson	LB	25	6'0" 243	3	Minnesota	ACT
59	Chris Covington	LB	22	6'2" 230	R	Indiana	ACT
62	Joby Saint Fleur	DL	—	6'4" 253	1	Northwestern Oklahoma State	CUT
65	Austin Larkin	DL	23	6'3" 265	R	Purdue	CUT
66	Lewis Neal	DL	—	6'0" 280	1	LSU	CUT
90	Demarcus Lawrence	DL	26	6'3" 265	4	Boise State	ACT
90	Aziz Shittu	DL	24	6'2" 288	2	Stanford	DEV
92	Dorance Armstrong	DL	21	6'4" 246	R	Kansas	ACT
93	Richard Ash	DL	—	6'4" 315	3	Western Michigan	CUT
93	Daniel Ross	DL	25	6'4" 310	1	N.E. Mississippi CC	ACT
94	Randy Gregory	DL	27	6'5" 245	3	Nebraska	ACT
95	David Irving	DL	25	6'7" 273	3	Iowa State	ACT
96	Maliek Collins	DL	23	6'2" 305	2	Nebraska	ACT
97	Taco Charlton	DL	25	6'6" 273	1	Michigan	ACT
98	Tyrone Crawford	DL	30	6'4" 295	6	Boise State	ACT
99	Antwaun Woods	DL	25	6'1" 318	2	Southern California	ACT
99	Charles Tapper	DL	—	6'3" 270	2	Oklahoma	CUT

Secondary18

Secondary
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
20	Marqueston Huff	DB	26	5'11" 205	4	Wyoming	RES
20	Darian Thompson	DB	26	6'2" 213	2	Boise State	ACT
24	Chidobe Awuzie	DB	23	6'0" 202	1	Colorado	ACT
25	Xavier Woods	DB	23	5'11" 205	1	Louisiana Tech	ACT
26	Duke Thomas	DB	24	5'11" 192	2	Texas	CUT
27	Jourdan Lewis	DB	23	5'10" 170	1	Michigan	ACT
28	Jameill Showers	DB	28	6'2" 222	3	Texas-El Paso	RES
29	Jeron Johnson	DB	—	5'10" 212	7	Boise State	CUT
29	C.J. Goodwin	DB	28	6'3" 190	4	California, Pa.	ACT
30	Anthony Brown	DB	26	5'11" 196	2	Purdue	ACT
31	Byron Jones	DB	27	6'1" 199	3	Connecticut	ACT
32	Donovan Olumba	DB	24	6'2" 205	R	Portland State	DEV
33	Dominick Sanders	DB	—	6'0" 193	R	Georgia	CUT
34	Treston Decoud	DB	25	6'2" 205	1	Oregon State	DEV
35	Kavon Frazier	DB	24	6'0" 215	2	Central Michigan	ACT
37	Kam Kelly	DB	—	6'2" 205	R	San Diego State	CUT
38	Jeff Heath	DB	27	6'1" 212	5	Saginaw Valley State	ACT
39	Marquez White	DB	—	6'0" 190	1	Florida State	CUT

Specialists4

Specialists
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
2	Brett Maher	K	30	6'0" 185	5	Nebraska	ACT
6	Chris Jones	P	29	6'0" 205	7	Carson-Newman	ACT
47	Scott Daly	LS	—	6'1" 245	R	Notre Dame	CUT
91	L.P. LaDouceur	LS	37	6'5" 256	13	California	ACT

Schedule

18 games

Dallas Cowboys schedule
Wk	Opponent	Result	Spread	EPA/play
1	@ Panthers	L 8-16	+2.5	-0.159
2	vs Giants	W 20-13	-3	+0.074
3	@ Seahawks	L 13-24	+1	-0.242
4	vs Lions	W 26-24	-2.5	+0.208
5	@ Texans	L 16-19	+3.5	-0.151
6	vs Jaguars	W 40-7	+3	+0.102
7	@ Commanders	L 17-20	-1.5	-0.108
9	vs Titans	L 14-28	-4.5	-0.142
10	@ Eagles	W 27-20	+7.5	+0.206
11	@ Falcons	W 22-19	+3.5	+0.126
12	vs Commanders	W 31-23	-7	+0.119
13	vs Saints	W 13-10	+7	-0.056
14	vs Eagles	W 29-23	-3.5	+0.036
15	@ Colts	L 0-23	+3	-0.187
16	vs Buccaneers	W 27-20	-7	-0.041
17	@ Giants	W 36-35	+7.5	+0.237
WC	vs Seahawks	W 24-22	-2.5	+0.034
DIV	@ Rams	L 22-30	+7.5	+0.163