Fantasy Football Player Notes

Last year's disappointing season for Jake Ferguson can be largely attributed to the absence of Dak Prescott. Prescott was lost for the season after Week 8. In Weeks 1-8, Ferguson was the TE12 in fantasy points per game, drawing a 17.9% target share (tenth-best), averaging 43.8 receiving yards per game (tenth-best), and commanding a 19.5% first-read share (ninth-best, per Fantasy Points Data). During this stretch, Ferguson wasn't an efficient player, ranking 25th in yards per route run and 30th in first downs per route run. Without Prescott, after Week 9, Ferguson didn't have more than 40 receiving yards in a game for the rest of the season. After Week 8, Ferguson didn't see a red zone target until the final game of the season. Ferguson is in line for a strong bounce-back campaign in 2025 as the weekly number three option in the passing game. Dallas should easily rank inside the top ten in passing attempts this season as Ferguson returns to the TE1 ranks.