Cowboys Receivers Review and Future: Cut Michael Gallup and Sign CeeDee Lamb?

The wide receiver room, led by CeeDee Lamb helped the Dallas Cowboys to being the highest-scoring offense in football. But as a group, how did the unit fare?

Coach Mike McCarthy, who was in his first season as the play-caller, witnessed an upsurge in improvement from the Dallas Cowboys offensive this season.

Dak Prescott enjoyed one of his best seasons, throwing for 4,516 yards, 36 touchdowns, and just nine interceptions with a variety of weapons, headlined by CeeDee Lamb.

With so many attacking options available to him inside the “Texas Coast Offense,” how did Prescott’s receiver group perform this year? Let’s examine this.

Let’s begin with the obvious. By many standards, Lamb’s season was outstanding;

he finished with 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns on 135 receptions.

For good measure, he also smashed the franchise record in yards and catches.

After all of that, CeeDee received an All-Pro selection because he was Dak’s main weapon and, when in the zone, sometimes unbeatable.

We will now discuss the others.

Veteran Brandin Cooks had a rough start to the Cowboys season,

registering just 27 yards and four receptions in the first month of play.

Nevertheless, Cooks became Prescott’s go-to man in the endzone as the season progressed.

He would go on to score three touchdowns in a row by the end of the regular season,

and he finished with eight overall (second only to Lamb).Cooks ended the season third on the Dallas team with 657 yards from 54 receptions,

thanks in large part to the offensive adjustments McCarthy made following the disastrous Week 5 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

Cooks became a reliable option in the passing game.

And Michael Gallup comes next.

With just 34 catches, 418 yards, and two touchdowns (all career lows) this season, Gallup’s situation is one of the biggest mysteries.

Gallup’s ACL injury seems to have taken a toll because in his last three seasons, he hasn’t finished a season with more than 445 yards and 39 receptions.

Gallup had two catches or fewer in 12 games this season (though he said he wasn’t phased),

and in three of those instances, he didn’t record a single reception.

Ironically, he only had five or more catches in a game three times,

and his greatest return (six receptions, 103 yards) came in the playoff loss against the Packers.

What will the Cowboys do with Gallup,

whose output has decreased each, given that he has a $13.8 million salary charge for the upcoming season?

The solution may be found below.

In his 17 games (six as a starter),

Jalen Tolbert caught 22 receptions for 268 yards and two touchdowns, showing some encouraging signs. Tolbert made good growth this season,

increasing his snap total from 89 to 477 from the previous year.

On the other hand, he reduced Gallup’s snap total from 738 during the previous season to 612 this one.

Is it a good omen moving forward?

McCarthy used KaVontae Turpin (12 catches, 127 yards, three touchdowns) more frequently in his offense because of his quickness.

Turpin should see increased usage in McCarthy’s offense in the future.

Throughout his rookie campaign, Jalen Brooks saw action on the field, catching all six receptions thrown to him for 64 yards.

Though he didn’t have many opportunities, he made the most of the ones that did present himself.

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