{"id":180493,"date":"2025-08-27T19:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/180493\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:26:11","slug":"dallas-cowboys-2nd-year-wr-made-53-man-roster-after-dominating-on-special-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/180493\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys 2nd-year WR made 53-man roster after ‘dominating’ on special teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Cowboys <\/a>had to make some difficult decisions on Tuesday to trim their roster down to 53 players for the regular season. <\/p>\n

One of the positions that everyone was interested in seeing when the official roster cuts were released was the wide receiver unit. <\/p>\n

Beloved UDFA Traeshon Holden<\/a> and third-year receiver Jalen Brooks <\/a>were officially cut. On the other side of that bad news, second-year wide receiver Ryan Flournoy<\/a> earned a spot on the 53-man roster. <\/p>\n

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When speaking about the decision to keep Flournoy on the regular season roster, head coach Brian Schottenheimer<\/a> had huge praise for the receiver. <\/p>\n

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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Ryan Flournoy at training camp at the River Ridge Fields. \/ Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

“Over the past two or three weeks, I would say there’s been no one that has played special teams more dominant than Ryan Flournoy,” said Schottenheimer to the official Cowboys website<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“As a gunner he’s been unstoppable, and he’s done a really good job playing receiver with contested catches versus press release.”<\/p>\n

MORE: <\/strong>Mazi Smith gets clear message after making Cowboys 53-man roster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It appears the rookie head coach had his reasons for going with Flournoy over Brooks, in what is a crowded yet talented unit at wide receiver. <\/p>\n

Having a strong special teams unit is often forgotten. Flournoy may not be able to find a lot of targets on offense, but he could win over everyone with strong play on special teams. <\/p>\n

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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Ryan Flournoy catches a touchdown pass against Los Angeles Chargers. \/ Tim Heitman-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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