Ravens WR Flowers gets green light to play against Cowboys

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  Jamison HensleySep 27, 2026, 02:57 PM ET

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  Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored a book titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens beat writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers will play Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys in Rio de Janeiro after having an encouraging workout before the game.

Flowers had been considered a game-time decision with a left hamstring injury, and the Ravens didn't sound as if they were counting on him against Dallas, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter earlier in the day. But Flowers tested his injured hamstring in a 20-minute workout before the game, according to ESPN's Todd Archer, which convinced the team to make him active.

This means quarterback Lamar Jackson will have his top target for the first time since the first half of the season opener. In his return, Flowers is expected to be limited to 20 to 30 snaps, according to the NFL Network's Mike Garafolo.

Flowers has become one of Baltimore's most valuable playmakers. With Flowers this season, the Ravens have scored four touchdowns on five drives. Without him, Baltimore has scored three touchdowns on 16 drives.

In Baltimore's season-opening, 43-21 win at Indianapolis, Flowers aggravated his hamstring injury late in the first half and didn't return. He had produced a career-high 150 yards receiving in the first half, which was the most receiving yards by a Ravens player in 11 years.

Flowers didn't play in last week's 24-17 loss to the New Orleans Saints. He didn't practice Wednesday and Thursday before being a limited participant in Friday's walkthrough in Brazil.

On Friday's injury report, Flowers was officially listed as questionable. He has missed four games in his four-year career.

Last month, the Ravens signed Flowers to a four-year, $140 million extension that made him the fourth-highest paid receiver with an average of $35 million per season.