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Getty Images Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott had never missed a game for injury in his career until Sunday. His calf injury wouldn’t let him go. He sat out as Tony Pollard had a longer run (40), a longer reception (30) and more yards from scrimmage (132) than Elliott has had in any game...

Getty Images Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs is back healthy just in time to face his former Alabama teammate Jalen Hurts this weekend with the Philadelphia Eagles. And even though they’re friends, Diggs is hopeful to take a souvenir home from the game courtesy of Hurts. “That’s always...

Getty Images Still in the race for the NFC East, Eagles head coach Doug Pederson had good news and bad news on the team’s injury front to open his Wednesday press conference. Though wide receiver Jalen Reagor suffered an ankle injury during last Sunday’s loss to the Cardinals, he will practice...

Getty Images Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch said Sunday night that the right ankle injury that forced him out of the game against the 49ers was not a break. An MRI showed a ligament issue in Vander Esch’s ankle, Todd Archer of ESPN reports. The Cowboys are not ruling out Vander Esch...

Getty Images Quarterback Jalen Hurts may be getting another weapon. The Eagles designated wide receiver DeSean Jackson to return from injured reserve on Monday, opening his 21-day practice window. Jackson has been on IR since October with a high-ankle sprain he suffered in Philadelphia’s Week...

Getty Images The Chiefs, Packers, Ravens and Seahawks tied for the most Pro Bowlers, with each team getting seven. The NFL announced the 2021 AFC and NFC Pro Bowl rosters Monday night. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the favorites for the MVP award...

Getty Images It appeared for a brief while that perhaps the NFC East champion actually would finish with a record north of .500. That won’t happen; all four teams currently have eight or more losses. At this point, only Washington can finish at 8-8. Two wins will get Washington to that record...

Getty Images Eagles coach Doug Pederson waited too long this season to bench quarterback Carson Wentz for rookie Jalen Hurts, likely costing his team the NFC East title in the process. And he also waited a curiously long time to announce today that Hurts will remain the Eagles’ starter...

Getty Images Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts became the first player in NFL history with at least 500 passing yards and 150 rushing yards through his first two starts, but he wasn’t celebrating when Sunday’s game against the Cardinals came to an end. Hurts wasn’t able to get the Eagles into the...

Getty Images Kyler Murray and Jalen Hurts are two of the most entertaining young quarterbacks in the NFL, and today they put on a highly entertaining game. In the end, it was Murray’s Cardinals who came out on top, beating Hurts’ Eagles 33-26 to improve to 8-6 and keep themselves in position...

Getty Images Eagles coach Doug Pederson may be the only person in America who doesn’t know that Jalen Hurts is a better quarterback than Carson Wentz. After the Eagles’ loss to the Cardinals today, Pederson praised Hurts’ performance, but then said he isn’t yet ready to say whether Hurts is...

USA TODAY Sports Last week, one of the Sunday Splash! reports came from the notion that the Eagles still believe in quarterback Carson Wentz. This week, one of the Sunday Splash! reports (from the same reporter) flowed from the suggestion that, if Wentz isn’t the starter, he wants out of...

Getty Images The Cowboys kept their playoff hopes alive with a victory over the 49ers. They did it without Ezekiel Elliott and with Tony Pollard. Last month, owner Jerry Jones called Elliott the team’s “best football player.” On Sunday, Pollard accounted for more yards from scrimmage than...

Getty Images At a time when the Eagles already are trying to set the stage for trading quarterback Carson Wentz (step one: act like you’re not interested in trading him), Wentz isn’t inclined to help the Eagles maximize their leverage. Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reports that Wentz is “not...

Getty Images The Eagles, despite three straight playoff appearances and a 2017 Super Bowl win, have faced plenty of criticism when it comes to the quality of the roster. Per multiple reports, the Eagles attempted to beef up that roster by retaining the services of former Chiefs and Browns G.M...

Getty Images The Cardinals placed kicker Zane Gonzalez on injured reserve Saturday, the team announced. That ends Gonzalez’s regular season as he will have to miss at least three games. The team elevated Mike Nugent from the practice squad for a second consecutive week. Nugent made all four...

Getty Images It took more than a year, but Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny is back. Penny will make his 2020 debut Sunday after the Seahawks activated him from the physically unable to perform list. Penny has not played since tearing an ACL on Dec. 8, 2019. He returned to practice two...

Getty Images Week 15 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Chargers and it continues with two games on Saturday and 12 more games on Sunday. The teams playing in those games have released their final injury reports. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images The Eagles have placed cornerback Avonte Maddox and offensive lineman Jack Driscoll on injured reserve, the team announced on Friday. Neither Maddox nor Driscoll practiced this week with knee injuries. Maddox played 10 games in 2020, starting eight, making three passes defensed...

Getty Images The Eagles are 4-8-1. While they’re still mathematically alive to potentially win the NFC East, it’s unlikely they’ll catch the surging Washington Football Team, wihch enters the week at 6-7. But if you ask center Jason Kelce, Philadelphia shouldn’t just play a bunch of young...