See which Dallas Cowboys’ positional groups rank among the NFL’s best, worst

What are the 2025 Dallas Cowboys strengths? Their weaknesses?

A recent ranking of all the offensive and defensive positional groups in the NFL by ESPN senior writer Mike Clay, gives some insight into those questions.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Cowboys’ wide receiver room, led by All-Pro CeeDee Lamb and newly-acquired WR2 George Pickens is the team’s best rated unit. They come as the ninth best in the league, with the Cincinnati Bengals’ room, including the vaunted duo of Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, comes in the top spot.

Their worst unit? Running back, where they come in at No. 32 and dead last in Clay’s rankings.

“Running back remained a low-priority position for Dallas this past offseason. Out is Rico Dowdle and in are Javonte Williams, Miles Sanders and Day 3 rookie Jaydon Blue,” Clay writes.

Clay then touched on Williams’ recent inefficiency (3.6 yards per attempt) and Sanders’ lack of production in Carolina (205 yards and 2 TDs in 11 games), concluding that Blue might end up seeing significant action in year one out of Texas.

Overall, Clay ranked the Cowboys’ positional groups at No. 17 in the league, right in the middle of the pack. With the overall ranking weighted for positional importance, Dallas’ ranking is buoyed by the team’s relative strength (No. 11) at the quarterback position. While most of the team’s individual units were relatively middling, other outliers for Dallas were edge rusher on the positive side (No. 12) and linebacker on the negative end (No. 28).

Here’s a look at Clay’s full rankings for the Cowboys heading into the 2025 season:

See the full ESPN rankings here.

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