{"id":87995,"date":"2025-09-04T09:25:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=87995"},"modified":"2025-09-04T09:25:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:25:42","slug":"breaking-cowboys-have-change-of-heart-on-playmaker-cut-ties-with-ex-starter-at-the-last-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=87995","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Cowboys Have Change of Heart on Playmaker &#038; Cut Ties With Ex-Starter at the last minute"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2231207995-e1756819798550.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"BREAKING : Cowboys Have Change of Heart on Playmaker &amp; Cut Ties With Ex-Starter at the last minute - News 365\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/>GettyThe\u00a0\u00a0made a pair of roster moves just days before the team takes on the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL season opener. Dallas announced the roster moves on August 30, 2025, including reuniting with a receiver who had previously been cut two days earlier.The\u00a0\u00a0wideout\u00a0\u00a0to the team\u2019s practice squad, while releasing guard Saahdiq Charles. The veteran offensive lineman previously played four seasons for the Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n<p>Charles\u00a0\u00a0for Washington in 2023. Dallas initially released Flournoy to make room for offensive lineman Trevor Keegan.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Flournoy rejoins a Cowboys wide receiver room that, on paper, appears improved from last season thanks to the team\u2019s trade for touted wideout George Pickens.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you need to know about the Cowboys\u2019 latest news and rumors ahead of the Eagles clash.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>WR Ryan Flournoy Made the Cowboys Initial 53-Man Roster Prior to Being a Late Cut<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>All eyes will be on Pickens and how the playmaker fits alongside CeeDee Lamb in the Cowboys offense. Dallas listed Jalen Tolbert as the team\u2019s third wideout over KaVonte Turpin.<\/p>\n<p>Flournoy is expected to be Dallas\u2019 fifth receiver, but his role is a bit complicated given the wideout is on the practice squad. The receiver made the initial 53-man roster prior to being a late cut as a result of his special teams play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past two or three weeks, I would say there\u2019s been no one that has played special teams more dominant than Ryan Flournoy,\u201d Schottenheimer noted after finalizing the 53-man roster,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a gunner he\u2019s been unstoppable\u2026 and he\u2019s done a really good job playing receiver with contested catches versus press release.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dak Prescott on Cowboys Trading Micah Parsons: \u2018I Don\u2019t Think Anybody\u2019s Hung Up on (Trade)\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>These are minor roster moves that do not quite compare to the Cowboys\u2019 shocker pulled off days earlier. Cowboys players are still reacting to the blockbuster Micah Parsons trade, including Dak Prescott. The Dallas quarterback does not see the team having a hangover after abruptly losing Parsons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to say we\u2019re better,\u201d Prescott said reacting to the trade during an August 31, media session,\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve got to go out there and prove it. We had to prove it even if he was on this team, so I\u2019m not going to say that by any means,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cBut I know what adding a guy like Kenny Clark, adding a true leader, a real man that\u2019s going to only elevate this team, who\u2019s been a Pro Bowl player and is excited about being here [means].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know our focus right now is Philly. I think that\u2019s everybody\u2019s focus in that locker room. I don\u2019t think anybody\u2019s hung up on [the Parsons trade]. As I\u2019ve said, there\u2019s enough news and enough media about it. I think as much as anything it\u2019s good that a solution happened. Obviously, Micah got paid. He got paid very well and great for him and his family. And we\u2019ll see him here in about a month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u00a02025\u00a0\u2013 TKT<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u00a0made a pair of roster moves just days before the team takes on the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL season opener. 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