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Kirk Cousins on Twitter Dick Woodard, an offensive lineman and linebacker who played five seasons of pro football, has died at the age of 93. Woodard was the great uncle of Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins, who confirmed the death on Twitter. “This morning my Uncle Dick Woodard went to be...

Getty Images Giants co-owner John Mara is rooting for quarterback Eli Manning to play the full season. Mara’s dream scenario could still be derailed when the season starts. Consider the following answer from coach Pat Shurmur, who interrupted this very direct and simple question from a...

Getty Images Another good night for Daniel Jones on Thursday led to another round of questions for Giants head coach Pat Shurmur about when the first-round pick might supplant Eli Manning as the team’s starting quarterback. Shurmur’s answer didn’t vary too much from other times he addressed...

Getty Images Thursday night’s Canadian conversion rate playing surface in Winnipeg on Thursday night ranks among the strangest over field conditions ever seen in a preseason game. But there have been far stranger field conditions in games that count. On Friday, Chris Simms and I drafted the...

Getty Images Is it possible to express optimism without sounding optimistic? If so, then Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones did just that on his radio show on 105.3 The Fan on Friday. Although Jones didn’t make it sound as if much progress has been made in negotiations with Dak...

Getty Images Cowboys defensive lineman Tyrone Crawford faces possible NFL punishment for a Florida bar fight in March. He talked about his status publicly for the first time Thursday, meeting with two beat reporters. Crawford said he has not spoken with anyone from the NFL yet. “I am going to...

One series. Fourteen plays. That was enough for Pat Shurmur out of Eli Manning. Manning completed 4 of 8 passes for 41 yards on a drive that ended with a 41-yard field goal from Aldrick Rosas. Two of Manning’s incompletions were drops by Cody Latimer. Manning also became a lead blocker when...

Getty Images The Giants continue to say Eli Manning remains the starting quarterback. Daniel Jones continues to make that look like a difficult decision. Jones is once again playing well in the preseason this evening, taking over for Manning after one series and looking like he has complete...

Getty Images The viral photo on social media of Ezekiel Elliott on a plane returning to DFW on Friday brought hope in DFW that the star running back might be returning to the Cowboys. Alas, Elliott merely had a weekend off. He’s back in Cabo training with no end in sight to his holdout. Hall...

Everyone is surprised at Daniel Jones‘ performance thus far. Everyone, that is, except the Giants. Roundly criticized for using the sixth overall choice on the former Duke star, the Giants never expected anything less than what Jones has done. “You can ask me all you want about why I like...

Getty Images The New York Giants waived wide receiver Da'Mari Scott on Wednesday. As it turns out, Scott was perfectly happy by the development. According to Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com, Scott requested his release from the Giants so he could seek out other opportunities. Scott caught two...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield was unhappy about how comments he made in a GQ interview were perceived as an attack on Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, so Mayfield tried to smooth things over. Mayfield said today that he reached out to Jones to tell him privately the same thing...

The eight re-inaugural XFL teams have had cities and coaches for a long time. They now have names and logos. The teams of the resurrected XFL are the Dallas Renegades, the Houston Roughnecks, the L.A. Wildcats, the New York Guardians, the St. Louis BattleHawks, the Seattle Dragons, the Tampa...

Getty Images After a GQ interview that featured his comments about Giants quarterback Daniel Jones spread like wildfire on Tuesday, Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield has weighed in on the response to those comments. Mayfield was quoted as saying that he “cannot believe” the Giants picked Jones...

Regardless of whether Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said what he said or didn’t say what he said or said more than what he said, and regardless of whether Clay Skipper of GQ was fair and appropriate in his handling of a situation that likely entailed Mayfield not realizing that what he said...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield took a shot at the Giants for drafting quarterback Daniel Jones during an interview with GQ and one of his teammates did the same in the pages of another magazine. Odell Beckham‘s no stranger to taking shots at the Giants as he rarely held his...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield doesn’t agree with the Giants’ decision to draft quarterback Daniel Jones. Giants coach Pat Shurmur doesn’t care. “[Baker] is in a long line of people that criticized that move,” Shurmur told reporters (via USA Today) regarding Mayfield’s opinion...

Getty Images Giants head coach Pat Shurmur shrugged at Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield questioning the team’s decision to draft Daniel Jones with the sixth overall pick this year and Jones did the same during his own turn in front of reporters on Tuesday. Jones said he’s “got a lot to focus...

Getty Images Pat Shurmur still thinks there’s value in the preseason. Unless you’re really, really important, at least. Via Ralph Vacchiano of SNY.com, the Giants coach was willing to stand against the tide and defend the sanctity of preseason football, which has come under attack as more and...

Getty Images Robert Quinn fractured his hand. Randy Gregory remains suspended. DeMarcus Lawrence has yet to practice after undergoing offseason shoulder surgery. At least one of those Cowboys defensive ends is close to returning to practice. The Cowboys are expected to activate Lawrence from...