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Getty Images Mike McCarthy had his share of drama with Aaron Rodgers during their 13 years together in Green Bay. McCarthy now is head coach in Dallas. Rodgers remains the Packers quarterback, but for how much longer? Rodgers and the Packers are in a standoff. Initial news of the rift came on...

Getty Images The Cowboys tendered defensive tackle Antwaun Woods as a restricted free agent earlier this offseason and he signed the tender last month, but he won’t be around for 2021 season. PFT has learned, via a league source, that the Cowboys are waiving Woods. The Cowboys will get $2.133...

Getty Images The Cowboys need roster space after drafting and signing a slew of rookies and they’re creating it on Wednesday. Shortly after word of defensive tackle Antwaun Woods‘ departure broke, there were multiple reports that cornerback Saivion Smith has also been let go. Smith was a...

Getty Images The Raiders are releasing safety Jeff Heath on Wednesday, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. That will make Heath a free agent. Heath, who turns 30 this month, was the AFC Defensive Player of the Week in Week 10 last season when he made two interceptions in a victory over the...

Getty Images Dak Prescott is getting better by the day. The Cowboys quarterback said last week he was “close to 100 percent” and feeling game-ready.” Prescott reiterated Tuesday he will be ready when it’s time to be ready. “I’m close,” Prescott said, via Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning...

Getty Images When the Ravens brought in tackle Alejandro Villanueva for a visit last month, word from Baltimore reporters was that the team was not expected to make a move until after the draft. Compensatory draft picks were central to that approach. The Ravens and other teams have prized the...

Getty Images The deadline for NFL teams to exercise their fifth-year contract options on 2018 first-round picks passed on Monday afternoon and 21 players had those options picked up. Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is part of that group. Carolina traded for Darnold last month and announced...

Getty Images Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones confirmed on Monday afternoon that the team is not picking up the 2022 option on linebacker Leighton Vander Esch‘s contract, but he doesn’t see 2021 as the end of the line for Vander Esch in Dallas. Exercising the option would have...

Getty Images The Cowboys used their first six draft picks and eight of the 11 choices they made overall on defensive players, but their group of undrafted additions skews the other way. Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News reports that the team has agreed to terms with 13 undrafted...

Getty Images The Cowboys have until 4 p.m. ET to decide whether to exercise the fifth-year option on the contract of linebacker Leighton Vander Esch. Barring the unforeseen, the Cowboys will not pick it up, Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News reports. The option would guarantee Vander...

Getty Images He wasn’t the first defensive player taken in the draft. He’s the first favorite to win defensive rookie of the year. Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, the 12th overall selection, has been installed by PointsBet as a +450 proposition to secure the award based on the 17...

Getty Images The streak has ended. For the first time in team history, the Cowboys opened the draft by choosing defensive players with their first six selections. They took linebacker Micah Parsons, cornerback Kelvin Joseph, defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa, defensive end Chauncey Golston...

Getty Images Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy said last month that the focus of change for the Cowboys this year will be on the defensive side of the ball and their draft choices have backed up that comment. The Cowboys took linebacker Jabril Cox with the 115th pick of the draft. Cox is the...

Getty Images Almost every mock draft had Alabama cornerback Patrick Surtain or South Carolina cornerback Jaycee Horn going to the Cowboys at No. 10. The Cowboys’ own mocks, though, had Surtain and Horn already off the board. Dallas did not expect either cornerback to be an option at 10, and...

Getty Images The Cowboys ranked 23rd in total defense last season and gave up the most points in team history. They needed help in the worst way. The rebuild began with the hiring of former Falcons head coach Dan Quinn to replace Mike Nolan, who lasted only one season. It continued in free...

Getty Images When Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones spoke to reporters at a press conference earlier this week, he said the team would meet to discuss picking up linebacker Leighton Vander Esch‘s fifth-year option after the draft. The timing suggested that the draft would have...

Getty Images Earlier in the first round, the Dolphins reunited a former Alabama duo by selecting wide receiver Jaylen Waddle. Now the Eagles have done the same — by making a trade with a division rival. Philadelphia acquired the 10th overall pick from Dallas in exchange for No. 12 overall and...

Getty Images This year’s draft didn’t work out nearly as well as last year’s did for the Cowboys, who had Oklahoma receiver CeeDee Lamb fall into their laps. On Thursday night, the Cowboys had hoped to draft one of the top cornerbacks and had expected either and/or both Jaycee Horn and Patrick...

Getty Images As to the first two picks in the draft, there’s no mystery. After that, it’s all a mystery. At the center of the mystery resides Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields. Once regarded as the No. 2 quarterback in the draft (especially after shredding presumptive No. 1 pick Trevor...

Getty Images The Cowboys have the No. 10 pick in Thursday’s first round and head coach Mike McCarthy provided a hint about the type of player they’ll be looking to add when he spoke to the media at a press conference earlier this week. McCarthy said the team would like to go with the best...