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Few things are more exciting for a Cowboys fan than watching Dak Prescott pass for more than 300 yards (and win), CeeDee Lamb or George Pickens notch another 100+ yards receiving day and the occasional 100+ yards rushing game by one of the Cowboys running backs.
Depending on the type of fantasy football league you’re playing in, 100-yard rushers, 100-yard receivers and 300-yard passers can be highly rewarding if you have them on your roster.
300+ yards passing, 100+ yards rushing and 100+ yards receiving are statistical milestones that are correctly labeled as ‘big games’ for the players who achieve them. And for every big-game performance by an offensive player, there is a defense that allowed those performances.
Over the last six years, despite three consecutive 12-5 finishes from 2021-23, the Dallas defense has been remarkably generous in allowing big-game performances.
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But that was then, this is now. Today we look at who the big-game players were last season and which defenses enabled them or shut them down.
There were only 68 games with 300+ yard passers last season, the lowest value in the last decade. Dak Prescott shared the league lead with six 300+ games, one short of his career high from 2019.
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The Dallas defense allowed four 300+ yards passing games, tied for 17th in the league. The best defenses in this category (ATL, CIN, MIN, NYG) allowed only one such game each last season.
2025 saw 152 occasions where a receiver notched more than 100 yards receiving.
The Cowboys topped the league last year with 13 such performances, six by CeeDee Lamb, five by George Pickens, and two by Ryan Flournoy.
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