Cowboys receiver Ryan Flournoy moves into No. 2 role with Pickens out
The gist
Cowboys receiver Ryan Flournoy starts opposite CeeDee Lamb with George Pickens inactive against the Colts.
Flournoy has a touchdown or 70-plus yards in four straight games.
How it unfolded
- 2024Flournoy was a sixth-round draft pick out of Southeast Missouri State.
- 2025He was waived after initially making the 53-man roster, spent two weeks on the Cowboys' practice squad, and since rejoining the team appeared in 13 games with two starts and two 100-yard games.
- Dec 11, 2025He had a career-best nine catches for 115 yards and a touchdown in a Week 14 loss to Detroit, playing a season-high 53 snaps.
Key terms
- inactive
- A journalist who reports inside news and analysis about the National Football League, a US professional American football league.
- three-wide sets
- An offensive position in gridiron football whose main job is to catch passes, lined up wide from the formation.
- practice squad
- A group of players signed by a gridiron football team but not on the main roster, used for practice and player development.
Source: Wikipedia