The Dallas Cowboys are staring at Week 7 with a chance to stop the slide, and the setup could hardly be much better. After back-to-back ugly losses, they get a Monday night matchup with the NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles, who will be without star quarterback Jalen Hurts.
That doesn’t erase the Cowboys’ recent offensive problems, but it does give them a prime chance to reset in front of a national audience. The offense has stumbled in consecutive weeks, and the expectation now is that this group has to respond.
Ryan Flournoy isn’t hiding from that reality. The Cowboys wide receiver said the team has already started doing the work behind closed doors, including the uncomfortable conversations that come with a rough stretch.
"We're taking it week by week. It's a long season.
It's only Week 6, and we've got [11] more games," he said, via the team's official website. "It's a long season.
I think we're heading in the right direction, and correcting the things we need to correct. … It's the attitude of wanting to get better.
We know we're better than what we've shown these last couple weeks.
"That's why I feel like we're heading in the right direction. We're having the right conversations, the tough conversations."
For Flournoy, the production has been there in steady doses. Through six weeks, including three starts, he has been targeted 35 times and has turned that into 23 catches for 234 yards and one touchdown.
If Dallas can get the offense moving again, there should be ripple effects across the passing game. A stronger showing would also help create more room for Flournoy, especially if George Pickens becomes more involved by moving around more in motion. More attention on CeeDee Lamb and Pickens would naturally open things up for Flournoy as well.
Now it’s just a matter of whether the Cowboys can back up the talk and show signs of life under the Monday night lights.
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