3 Cowboys Who Could Be Benched in Second Half of Season

3. Jake Ferguson

The Cowboys are already short-handed enough offensively that they don't need to be benching guys just for the sake of it. But after suffering a concussion recently, we'll see if they choose to play it safe with tight end Jake Ferguson.

Ferguson had a breakout year in 2023 for the Cowboys and is once again the team's second-leading receiver here in 2024 behind CeeDee Lamb, but that's not necessarily a great thing. Ferguson is averaging less than nine yards per reception and the Cowboys have a little incentive to potentially keep him on the sideline.

They need to get a more extensive look at 2023 second-round pick Luke Schoonmaker who has just 21 targets in the passing game this season. Schoonmaker could very well be this team's TE1 of the future, but he needs more opportunities in the passing game.

The same could be said of rookie free agent Brevyn Spann-Ford, one of the Cowboys' most coveted undrafted players of the last couple of years. We saw Spann-Ford start to get more involved against the Houston Texans on Monday night and his involvement was extremely encouraging.

Schoonmaker and Spann-Ford are capable blockers. The more they play, the more confident they will be.

Ferguson is a promising young player for the Cowboys, but concussions are not to be trifled with. Pretty quick here, there are only going to be about five weeks left in the season.

The Cowboys might look at their depth chart and injury report after Thanksgiving and shut a handful of players down who will definitely be part of this team's future that they don't need going into the offseason on sour injury notes.

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