If there’s one coach in the NFL who’s squarely on the hot seat heading into the 2024 season, it’s Mike McCarthy. The Dallas Cowboys head coach is headed into the final year of his contract with the team, which means he has no safety net.
Flournoy catches the ball well away from his frame, knows how to box out defenders with a thick build, and is fearless going across the middle to make plays in traffic. A lot of Flournoy’s highlight catches came late in a down or on broken plays, an area Cowboys QB Dak Prescott has always been adept at finding his targets. Former receiver Michael Gallup remains a free agent, and was a player Prescott regularly looked to in these situations. Jalen Brooks may have the first crack this offseason at claiming that role in Mike McCarthy’s passing game, but Flournoy will be another player to watch throughout training camp and the preseason as a candidate for flash plays as he fights his way onto the roster.
Flournoy told the Dallas Cowboys team draft show that he started his football journey as a running back, and some of that skill to get upfield is evident with the ball in his hands. As far as receivers he watched for inspiration, he mentioned Jerry Rice and more specifically modeling his game after former Cowboys star Dez Bryant. Flournoy can run Bryant’s favorite route, the back shoulder fade, with a strong ability to highpoint the ball.
The Cowboys will have two picks remaining in the seventh round at 233rd and 244th overall to conclude their 2024 draft class.
The Cowboys haven’t made to the NFC title game since 1995 and that drought has continued under McCarthy. The 60-year-old coach has led the Cowboys to the postseason in three of his four years with the team, but he’s gone 1-3 in those three appearances and Dallas hasn’t been able to advance out of the divisional round.
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