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Getty Images The Cowboys welcomed Ezekiel Elliott back to the team facility early Wednesday morning. “It’s great to have him back,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. “He was here this morning in our breakfast club meeting at 7:30 and went through the walkthrough, and I anticipate him...

Ezekiel Elliott went to bed in a “bad place” Tuesday night, not knowing whether he would practice Wednesday or not. It took more than one phone call to wake him up at 6:15 a.m. to deliver the good news. It took a 40-day holdout for Elliott to get the deal he was seeking. “I think I learned...

Ezekiel Elliott has not talked to Jerry Jones in months. Not even after signing his new deal Wednesday. As the Cowboys made Elliott the highest-paid running back in football, the Cowboys owner was ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. “Honestly, I didn’t talk to Jerry at...

Getty Images The Giants signed Mike Remmers to fill their right tackle spot and help provide them with better offensive line play than they managed during the 2018 season, but he wasn’t on the field to start the first practice week of the regular season. Remmers was one of three players who...

Getty Images In any negotiation, the most important dynamic becomes the presence of a real deadline that both sides recognize to be a real deadline. If the Cowboys and running back Ezekiel Elliott are motivated to get the player on the field on Sunday against the Giants, the deadline is here...

Getty Images Tuesday brought word that Ezekiel Elliott and the Cowboys were close to finalizing a six-year, $90 million contract extension and Wednesday morning brought reports that the deal was done. In what the Cowboys called “the post you’ve all been waiting for” on the Twitter account, the...

Getty Images Tuesday’s three-man weave edition of PFT Live included a three-man, three-round draft, with Peter King, Chris Simms, and yours truly looking at a very important question. Which transactions will have the most impact on the 2019 NFL season? We excluded the retirement of Andrew...

Getty Images Ezekiel Elliott doesn’t have a deal with the Cowboys yet, but he’s ready to rejoin his team. “I’ve been ready,” Elliott said as he arrived at D/FW Airport on Tuesday evening. Agent Rocky Arceneaux made the flight with the star running back from Cabo San Lucas. He said the sides...

Getty Images Rumblings about a deal between running back Ezekiel Elliott and the Cowboys have gone in different directions in recent days, but word is that the structure of the deal and not the value is the final stumbling block and there’s a chance that could be cleared ahead of Sunday’s game...

Getty Images The Cowboys and running back Ezekiel Elliott continue to work toward a deal that would get him on the field by Sunday. Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports reports that Monday was “more positive” than Sunday, but that issues remain when it comes to the structure of the deal. The...

Getty Images More likely than not, the Cowboys and running back Ezekiel Elliot will get a new deal done today. The rumors of a done deal already are commencing. The chatter as of this moment in knowledgeable league circles is that the team and the player have come to terms on a six-year, $90...

Getty Images Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper went through a pain-free practice Monday, his first since Aug. 3. He is expected to play Sunday. “I did a good amount,” Cooper said, via Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News. “I didn’t do everything, but I did enough. I will say, I didn’t feel...

Getty Images The Cowboys’ party bus has become a rollercoaster over the past 48 hours. After multiple reports emerged that the team and running back Ezekiel Elliott are close to a new deal, Sunday’s events moved the needle the other way, as Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports both reported on...

Getty Images With all the focus on whether the Cowboys and running back Ezekiel Elliott are or aren’t close to a new deal, there’s an emerging sense in league circles that, at some point this week, the Cowboys will work out a contract with quarterback Dak Prescott. It’s not a report; it’s a...

Getty Images The Giants announced they were waiving linebacker B.J. Goodson in order to sign linebacker David Mayo on Monday morning, but the move didn’t become official and they’re taking Goodson off the roster in a different way. According to multiple reports, the Giants are trading Goodson...

Getty Images While all the attention is focused on all the guys the Cowboys may or may not be working on contracts with at the moment, they had a bunch of good news when they walked on the practice field Monday. Via Todd Archer of ESPN.com, wide receiver Amari Cooper, right guard Zack Martin...

Getty Images If every player under contract to the two teams were on hand, Sunday’s game between the Cowboys and Giants would showcase the NFL’s two leading rushers from 2019. With every passing day, it becomes more likely that Giants running back Saquon Barkley will be the only one there...

Getty Images Dez has caught it. And it is his desire to play football again. Little more than a month after receiver Dez Bryant said he had no interest in playing football, he’s planning a comeback. Bryant tells Jane Slater of the NFL that he’s hoping to return to the NFL in the middle of...

Getty Images The Eagles quickly gave up on fifth-round quarterback Clayton Thorson. And he apparently won’t be getting a chance to prove himself via the team’s practice squad, at least not for now. Former Giants quarterback Kyle Lauletta has signed with Philadelphia’s practice squad, according...

Getty Images Cornerback Sam Beal didn’t play any regular season games during his rookie season and it will be at least eight weeks before he plays any games in his second season. Beal hurt his hamstring this summer and the Giants announced that he’s been placed on injured reserve on Sunday. He...