Pat Fantasy Dog Pound argued that Jalen Tolbert is a perfectly fine final–round click in Underdog’s Puppy. He expects Tolbert to handle roughly 65 % of Dallas’ three-wide sets even while sharing snaps with KaVontae Turpin, giving drafters bankable weekly routes instead of the total zeros many WR8 types post. The real ceiling comes if CeeDee Lamb or any other starter misses time—Pat noted the pick transforms from ‘safe volume’ to a legitimate spike-week candidate in that scenario. Because the Cowboys ignored wide receiver in the draft, Tolbert’s path to entrenched playing time is clearer than it was 12 months ago, making his current 18th-round price an easy add when you need late receiver depth.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound defended grabbing Jalen Tolbert in the late rounds despite Dallas adding George Pickens. He expects the Cowboys to return to heavy three-WR sets and projects Tolbert for 60–70% snap share as the locked-in WR3—well ahead of gadget man KaVontae Turpin. Pat likes pairing Tolbert with higher-variance receivers such as Jameson Williams and Quentin Johnston because Tolbert’s steady floor protects against those spike-week darts missing. If Dak Prescott and Mike McCarthy push pace like they did in 2022, Pat believes Tolbert can pop multiple WR2-level weeks, which is all you need from a Round-18 pick in BBM6.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound advised using Jalen Tolbert as a final-round backstack with Dak Prescott. Tolbert’s ADP has slipped from 170 overall back toward the draftable fringe even though Dallas has yet to name a clear WR3. Pat expects pass volume to balloon—he joked the Cowboys could "chuck it 90 times"—given the league-worst projection for their run game. Prescott’s historically high red-zone pass rate (first among starting QBs the past two seasons) further juices touchdown equity for the ancillary receivers. Pat is waiting on a bit of positive coach-speak before smashing the button harder but is already mixing Tolbert onto Dak teams as a floor stabilizer when he’s loaded up on volatile rookies early.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said Jalen Tolbert is still a perfectly fine click in the 17th round of Underdog’s Eliminator even after Dallas added George Pickens. Pat does not buy the narrative that Pickens will monopolize the passing game, projecting roughly eight down-field targets per week— nowhere near the 30-percent share some drafters fear. That field-stretcher role should actually lighten coverage on Tolbert, who will continue to run the intermediate routes in an offense unlikely to lean on 12 personnel or its thin running-back room. With Dallas potentially forced into pass-heavy scripts, Pat thinks Tolbert can deliver the early spike weeks required to survive the contest’s immediate 50-percent eliminations. In his words, “Tolbert might just be fine at ADP, especially in the ‘Limb.’”

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said Jalen Tolbert’s 30-spot ADP crash in eight days has reset him to an attractive 17th-/18th-round flier. Even after the Cowboys dealt for George Pickens, Tolbert remains the WR3 and offers cheap back-door correlation with Dak Prescott stacks. Pat noted Tolbert’s 14.1-yard aDOT and 19-target Week-15-to-17 stretch last season prove he can flash when called upon. In rooms that let Dak fall past ADP, Pat is comfortable pairing the two as a late exposure punt, adding that sharper drafters have “done uglier things” at the very end of best-ball drafts.

Erik Beimfohr said fantasy drafters are kidding themselves if they keep clicking Jalen Tolbert simply because he projects to run a bunch of empty routes. Tolbert entered the league as a mediocre Day-2 prospect, has failed to crack a 10-percent target share in any season, and the Cowboys have telegraphed their feelings by refusing to scheme him touches despite having nothing behind CeeDee Lamb. Beimfohr argued that Tolbert’s combination of low draft capital, nonexistent production, and unspectacular athletic profile means he is more likely to be leap-frogged by gadget ace KaVontae Turpin—or, more realistically, lose the secondary looks to tight end Jake Ferguson—than suddenly pop in year three. Because the market is still paying a routes-driven premium in the double-digit rounds, Beimfohr is either skipping the situation entirely or taking Turpin/Ferguson darts instead of holding out false hope that Tolbert turns into something he has never been.

Tyler Knaeble predicted that Jalen Tolbert’s current 160-range Best Ball Mania ADP will climb a full round and wind up even with – or ahead of – rookie Xavier Legette’s by mid-summer. Knaeble said Tolbert has already seized the Cowboys’ WR3 job and quietly posted a 1.85 yards-per-route-run figure over Dallas’ final seven games, a stretch in which Dak Prescott led the NFL in pass attempts. The Cowboys ran 11 personnel on 79% of plays last year, and Knaeble expects a similar deployment under Brian Schottenheimer, giving Tolbert a clean path to 90-plus targets. By contrast, Legette sits fourth on the depth chart in a Carolina offense that ranked bottom-five in pass rate over expectation. Knaeble advised scooping Tolbert now while drafters are still mesmerized by rookie shine, calling him a cheap way to get exposure to one of the league’s highest-volume passing attacks.

Billy Jones highlighted Jalen Tolbert as one of his favorite ADP-173 darts. Dallas failed to add meaningful receiver competition and current camp buzz has KaVontae Turpin battling only for gadget snaps, leaving Tolbert as the odds-on favorite to play every down opposite CeeDee Lamb. Billy likes sliding Tolbert onto builds that need early-season wide-receiver points while rookie picks marinate on benches. He views Tolbert and Cedric Tillman in a similar "unproven but wide-open WR2" bucket, but prefers Tolbert because Dak Prescott supported three top-30 fantasy wideouts as recently as 2022. The ceiling outcome—700 yards and six touchdowns—would smash a 15th-round price tag.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said Jalen Tolbert should be near the top of your queue in Underdog’s new Eliminator format. Because the contest cuts the bottom half of the field each week, Pat stressed that drafters need players who can deliver "straight ceiling" games, even if they are volatile from week to week. Tolbert fits that profile, offers late-round cost, and plays in a Dallas offense capable of producing blow-up receiver weeks. Pat called him “the guy” for this structure and urged drafters to grab Tolbert every time they need a cheap, high-variance wideout to keep their roster alive through the weekly eliminations.