The Vikings rank 25th by DVOA against opposing WR1s. Minnesota rarely allows opponents to throw the deep ball but are horrible defending it when opponents do take their shot, dead last in EPA per play at 1.19. Dallas attacks deep early and often and does it pretty well at 0.86 EPA per play. The question is who is the Cowboys WR1, with CeeDee Lamb looking like he'll be back and out of concussion protocol? I think it's George Pickens either way. Pickens had an embarrassing effort in that Thursday night loss but he'll have a big physical advantage against Minnesota's corners and this looks like a great bounce-back spot. Pickens is the downfield target for this team. He ranks second in the NFL in air yards, far ahead of Lamb who's not even in the top 15. The Vikings have allowed 15 passes of 26+ yards this season, and Pickens has 11 catches of 27+ yards himself. Play Pickens to go over 25.5 yards on his longest reception (Hard Rock), and play an escalator at 40+ yards longest reception too at +350 (bet365). The Vikings have allowed seven catches of 37+ yards, and Pickens has a 39+ catch in five of his last nine. Minnesota doesn't typically allow huge yardage games — only five opposing WRs have gone over 75 yards all season. Pickens had hit 78+ yards in seven straight til last game but I'll skip his over 78.5 and go straight for an alt in case he gets a couple big plays. Pickens has 134+ receiving yards four times already this season, so let's sprinkle 140+ yards at +700 (bet365) and hope for a monster bounce-back night.

The Vikings rank 25th by DVOA against opposing WR1s. Minnesota rarely allows opponents to throw the deep ball but are horrible defending it when opponents do take their shot, dead last in EPA per play at 1.19. Dallas attacks deep early and often and does it pretty well at 0.86 EPA per play. The question is who is the Cowboys WR1, with CeeDee Lamb looking like he'll be back and out of concussion protocol? I think it's George Pickens either way. Pickens had an embarrassing effort in that Thursday night loss but he'll have a big physical advantage against Minnesota's corners and this looks like a great bounce-back spot. Pickens is the downfield target for this team. He ranks second in the NFL in air yards, far ahead of Lamb who's not even in the top 15. The Vikings have allowed 15 passes of 26+ yards this season, and Pickens has 11 catches of 27+ yards himself. Play Pickens to go over 25.5 yards on his longest reception (Hard Rock), and play an escalator at 40+ yards longest reception too at +350 (bet365). The Vikings have allowed seven catches of 37+ yards, and Pickens has a 39+ catch in five of his last nine. Minnesota doesn't typically allow huge yardage games — only five opposing WRs have gone over 75 yards all season. Pickens had hit 78+ yards in seven straight til last game but I'll skip his over 78.5 and go straight for an alt in case he gets a couple big plays. Pickens has 134+ receiving yards four times already this season, so let's sprinkle 140+ yards at +700 (bet365) and hope for a monster bounce-back night.

The Vikings rank 25th by DVOA against opposing WR1s. Minnesota rarely allows opponents to throw the deep ball but are horrible defending it when opponents do take their shot, dead last in EPA per play at 1.19. Dallas attacks deep early and often and does it pretty well at 0.86 EPA per play. The question is who is the Cowboys WR1, with CeeDee Lamb looking like he'll be back and out of concussion protocol? I think it's George Pickens either way. Pickens had an embarrassing effort in that Thursday night loss but he'll have a big physical advantage against Minnesota's corners and this looks like a great bounce-back spot. Pickens is the downfield target for this team. He ranks second in the NFL in air yards, far ahead of Lamb who's not even in the top 15. The Vikings have allowed 15 passes of 26+ yards this season, and Pickens has 11 catches of 27+ yards himself. Play Pickens to go over 25.5 yards on his longest reception (Hard Rock), and play an escalator at 40+ yards longest reception too at +350 (bet365). The Vikings have allowed seven catches of 37+ yards, and Pickens has a 39+ catch in five of his last nine. Minnesota doesn't typically allow huge yardage games — only five opposing WRs have gone over 75 yards all season. Pickens had hit 78+ yards in seven straight til last game but I'll skip his over 78.5 and go straight for an alt in case he gets a couple big plays. Pickens has 134+ receiving yards four times already this season, so let's sprinkle 140+ yards at +700 (bet365) and hope for a monster bounce-back night.