THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME! Brian Schottenheimer finally made the WR move Cowboys desperately needed

Cowboys have finally taken the kids glove off with Ryan Flournoy

Cowboys fans have been pounding the table for Flournoy to supplant Jalen Tolbert as the third receiver in the offense. That drumbeat had been consistent with KaVontae Turpin as well, but he’s quietly compiled 113 yards from scrimmage the last two weeks.

Tolbert was the bigger sticking point, however, and Flournoy has finally overtaken the former third-round pick.

As great as Lamb and Pickens are, Dak Prescott can’t target them on every dropback. The Cowboys needed an efficient third option, and Flournoy is that to a tee. He caught all three targets against the Chiefs for 34 yards. He moved the chains on one reception and tallied 14 yards after the catch.

A sixth-round pick last year, Flournoy has the talent to be one of the more reliable WR3s in the league. That isn’t going to happen with Lamb and Pickens dominating the target share.

However, he’s a better player than Tolbert. For some reason, it was Tolbert who saw most of the WR3 burn early in the year. That finally changed after the bye week, as Tolbert has played just 21 passing snaps since Week 7. That included being a healthy scratch against the Eagles last week.

Flournoy, meanwhile, has logged 98 passing snaps since Week 7, including 39 in the last two games, per Pro Football Focus. He hasn’t seen a ton of volume, but he’s made the most of his opportunities, catching seven of 10 targets for 55 yards and two touchdowns.

Swapping Tolbert for Flournoy might seem like a subtle change, but it has raised the floor of an offense that had little room for improvement.

It took way longer than it should have, but the Flournoy takeover is here to stay.

Dallas Goedert wasn't shy about assigning blame for Eagles' tough loss to Bears

He's not wrong.

Philadelphia Eagles fans have been through this before, but it's another crushing loss to start a new losing streak. This feels different.

The Eagles fell to the Chicago Bears 24-15 on Black Friday, leaving them at 8-4 in a challenging situation, with much soul-searching to do. They only had 317 total yards of offense, the Eagles' defense allowed 281 yards on the ground, and Jalen Hurts had two of the worst-timed turnovers in the second half.

After the game, Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert shared his thoughts on what went wrong and was honest about who should take the blame.

“All 11 need to be on the same page. It comes down to us. We still can have everything we want to have. It’s not one person. It’s all 11. Missing a block. Not running the right route. It’s starting to bite us. We need to play better. We haven’t played our best football all year. You wanna play your best football down the stretch. We still have that opportunity. And I have the faith we can do that. We need to flip a switch. We need to stay together.

We have to come closer and see if we really want it.”

Eagles staying united with same message of everyone being accountable

In the days after the loss, a lot of Eagles fans are pointing the finger at offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo. His predictable play-calling and lack of consistency with the unit have not helped him earn the respect and confidence of the fan base.

The truth is that Goedert is not 100% wrong, even if Eagles fans don't want to hear it. Philly had seven penalties, and Hurts' two turnovers, for lack of a better term, really hurt the football team. On defense, every Bears run seemed like there was no linebacker support on the backside when Kyle Monangai or D'Andre Swift made a cut to the other side.

There's only so much the coaching staff can do before the players have to step up and stop making the same mental mistakes. For example, over the past two weeks, A.J. Brown has been called for at least one false start. No wide receiver should ever be called for a false start when all they have to do is watch the ball move before running.

The reality is that the players are just as much to blame as the coaching staff. It's the players that need to come up with a solution and find it in themselves to get out of this mess.