Upgraded to the third receiver on the depth chart, "Flo" is set to have a big opportunity to make a statement in 2026.
Dallas Cowboys receiver Ryan Flournoy is one player I can't wait to see in Oxnard, and then in the regular season.
After a breakout year of sorts in 2025, as he posted 475 yards and 4 TDs from 40 receptions, which included two 100-yard games, Flournoy is now Dallas' third receiver behind CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens.
Most are on watch for Flournoy to have a breakout season in 2026, even though you could make the case that he had a small one last season, but that was with him fighting for reps.
He won't have to now with Jalen Tolbert moved on, and Ryan proving he deserves his shot.
But not everyone thinks that a good Flournoy season is incoming, and that is fine, as we haven't seen him with more on his plate yet.
However, the reasoning? Yeah, I don't get it.
Bleacher Report's Gary Davenport isn't buying that Flournoy is going to have a breakout year, with his main reason being that Ryan won't get enough targets to break out in 2026.
Right, let's go through this, shall we?
Yes, Lamb, Pickens, and Jake Ferguson will get most of the offensive targets, but that doesn't mean Flournoy won't either (worth noting, he had the 11th most snaps on offense for Dallas in 2025).
Last season, Flournoy managed to play 479 offensive snaps (44 percent), which is a decent amount. But Ryan wasn't the third receiver last year; that was Tolbert.
Jalen had 464 offensive snaps. Don't you think that the majority of those will be going to Flournoy?
Plus, with Lamb and Pickens taking the defense's attention, as we saw last season, even with the pair on the field, Flournoy still got his lick of the ice cream.
Now, Davenport's definition of a breakout season isn't mentioned, which, I think, is a key piece of this whole discussion.
Is an 800-yard season incoming? No.
But what if Flournoy goes from 475 yards in 2025 to 600 in 2026? And those 4 TDs become 6 TDs?
Is that feasible? Absolutely. Now, whether a stat line like that justifies a "breakout" label is up for debate.
However, Davenport's suggestion that the snaps won't be there for Flournoy to break out isn't right at all. Plus, we haven't even mentioned the possibility of KaVontae Turpin's offensive workload taking a back seat either. That could mean more snaps for Flo.
He will get his chances as he did last season, and remember, confidence wasn't as high in Ryan to make plays as it was last year from the coaching staff. It will be there in 2026.
And that is why Flo could be set to have a much better year than he did in 2025.
