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As we race toward August, Footballguys.com will examine one team per weekday with our quick-hitting Team Sleepers feature. These players might not be complete busts, but we will be highlighting players our staff thinks will disappoint this year and underperform their average draft position (ADP).
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This is a weekday series that will stretch through August 1. If you like this and want another, come back the next workday. Another will be here.
Please note that our staff has identified the players listed below. The official Footballguys stance for every Cowboy can be found on our projections page.
Busts on the Dallas Cowboys
- WR George Pickens - 6 votes
- RB Javonte Williams - 2 votes
- QB Dak Prescott - 1 vote
- LB Kenneth Murray Jr. - 1 vote
- The Cornerbacks - 1 vote
- RB Jaydon Blue - 1 vote
- TE Jake Ferguson - 1 vote
Reasons WR George Pickens Could Be a Bust
- Maurile Tremblay: His current ADP expects WR2-plus volume, but sharing targets with Lamb and looming contract noise caps his upside.
- Jeff Blaylock: The Steelers have moved on from several talented but troubled wide receivers before, and they've been proven right most of the time. His past boom-or-bust fantasy output and high knucklehead factor make Pickens a textbook bust candidate at his ADP of WR32. [AS OF 6/17]
- Phil Alexander: Pickens can win you a few weeks on his own, but others in his ADP range, such as Calvin Ridley and Chris Olave, offer more reliable volume.
- Andy Hicks: Antonio Brown, Chase Claypool, Diontae Johnson, James Washington, Santonio Holmes, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Martavis Bryant etc. We have to go back to Emmanuel Sanders and Mike Wallace to find players who left Pittsburgh under Mike Tomlin and were successful to some degree elsewhere.
- Jeff Haseley: He is being selected much higher than I would like. When/if you draft him, you're doing so based on undetermined potential.
- David Zacharias: May not get enough targets to justify his WR3 ADP.