{"id":57514,"date":"2025-06-21T01:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T01:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=57514"},"modified":"2025-06-21T01:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T01:25:33","slug":"breaking-cowboys-pro-bowler-aiming-for-rebound-after-struggling-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=57514","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Pro Bowler Aiming for Rebound After Struggling in 2024.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2185477702-e1750429688387.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2185477702-e1750429688387.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2185477702-e1750429688387.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2185477702-e1750429688387.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"798\" data-img-load-time=\"1315\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In Week 1 of the\u00a0Cowboys\u2018 wayward 2024 season, there was probably already a sign that it was not going to be a very good year for tight end\u00a0Jake Ferguson. He injured his knee after three catches for 15 yards, and was then forced to sit out Week 2. He came back in Week 3 to re-establish the strong link with\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0that helped him land a spot in the 2023 Pro Bowl (six catches, 95 yards) but it would turn out, that Week 3 showing was his best game of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson was not quite the same, and the fact that Prescott then went out with a nasty hamstring injury during Week 8 didn\u2019t help. Then, Ferguson had a concussion that put him out for two games, and by the time the year was over, he had tallied 494 yards in 14 games without a touchdown, a fraction of the production he had provided in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys offense as a whole tumbled in 2024, going from first in points to 21st, and dropping from fifth in yards to 17th. That was hardly all Ferguson\u2019s fault. But he knows he needs an individual rebound to help fuel a more general team rebound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely wasn\u2019t satisfied with how I played all last year,\u201d Ferguson said, according to\u00a0Nick Harris of the Forth Worth Star-Telegram.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys\u2019 Jake Ferguson: \u2018Trying to Dial In\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Ferguson pointed out that the injuries did have an impact, but said they were no excuse for his overall sagging performance. He had five touchdowns in 2023, and even in 2022 when he caught only 19 balls all season as a rookie, he still had two TDs.<\/p>\n<p>Going back\u00a0through college, he had 13 total touchdowns in four seasons at Wisconsin, but had at least two scores in each of his years. Even when he was injured and limited to seven games as a junior, he still had seven touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy knee hurt, for sure,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cThe concussion was weird. But I\u2019ve said this before, if I\u2019m on the field, I should be able to give it my all. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever played a full season and not scored a touchdown. That was something that I came into this offseason really working on. Just trying to really dial in on those things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Getting Prescott healthy and productive again is Job 1 for the Cowboys, and it will be imperative that Prescott use both star receiver CeeDee Lamb and newly acquired fellow star George Pickens. But that could leave a lot of room open over the middle for Ferguson. 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