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Getty Images Week Seven of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Eagles and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images The Philadelphia Eagles are in first place in the NFC East. Thursday night’s win over the Giants improved the Eagles’ record to 2-4-1, and ahead of the 2-4 Cowboys. The Football Team is 1-5 and the Giants fell to last place at 1-6. In the NFL, a tie is treated as half a win and...

Getty Images The Cowboys have given up more points than any team in the league, so some reinforcements who might be able to help the defense find its way would be welcome in Dallas. Thursday offered some hope that a couple such replacements might be on the field soon. The Cowboys designated...

Getty Images Yannick Ngakoue is not the only high-profile veteran heading to Baltimore. Dez Bryant is working out and taking a physical with the Ravens, and if all goes well they plan to add him to their practice squad, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. A former Cowboys All-Pro...

Getty Images The Cowboys promoted safety Steven Parker to the active roster on a temporary basis the last two weeks and they moved to bring him on for a longer stay on Thursday. Parker has been signed to the 53-man roster from the practice squad. He takes the spot that opened when cornerback...

Getty Images Cowboys pass rusher Aldon Smith returned to a limited practice Thursday. Smith injured his neck in Monday’s loss to the Cardinals and did not practice Wednesday. “Aldon jammed his neck in the game,” Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said. “He’s going to start in a limited basis today...

Getty Images Week Seven already is upon us. On every Thursday of every week of the season, Simms and I close out PFT Live with a look at the most compelling individual matchups of the week, draft style. I mention that for obvious reasons. This week’s matchup draft appears in the attached...

Getty Images Ezekiel Elliott still isn’t on the injury report, so an injury presumably doesn’t explain his sudden fumbling problem. But the Cowboys have an injury problem. They added pass rusher Aldon Smith to the practice report with a neck injury that kept him out Wednesday. Already...

Getty Images Now that the awards have been disseminated for Week Six, let’s look at the other side of the coin. The goats. In a bad way. Simms and I recently drafted three each. I gave him the first pick to see if he’d do it. And he did it. He actually did it. He picked his hero. His role...

Getty Images A 2-4 start and a blowout loss to the Cardinals on Monday night have led to a lot of gripes about the Cowboys and some of them have come via anonymous members of the team. Those nameless voices told Jane Slater of NFL Network that the team’s coaches “just aren’t good at their...

USA TODAY Sports Ezekiel Elliott took the blame for the Cowboys’ loss Monday night after his two fumbles put his team in a 14-0 hole. The Cowboys running back apologized to the team, too. “I just wanted to let them know how terrible I felt,” Elliott said Wednesday. “And that I’m supposed to be...

USA TODAY Sports Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has a fumbling problem. And he knows it. And that may be part of the problem. Plenty of athletes have relied on sports psychologists to help them process their flaws differently, and to approach the process of turning around a problematic...

USA TODAY Sports With a new head coach, the Cowboys entered this season with high expectations. Nothing has gone as planned. The Cowboys are without their starting quarterback, Dak Prescott, and several other key players, including both starting tackles. Their defense is giving up points at a...

Getty Images The Cowboys once had the best offensive line in football. It wasn’t that long ago. Center Travis Frederick retired in the offseason. Right tackle La'el Collins didn’t play a snap this season, undergoing hip surgery. Left tackle Tyron Smith played two games but is gone for the...

Getty Images The Cowboys activated defensive end Randy Gregory from the Commissioner Exempt List on Tuesday. He began practicing last week and is eligible to play this week at Washington. “Randy’s going to have the opportunity to prepare to play this week, so we’ll see how the week of...

Getty Images At a time when no Cowboys fans are OK with the performance of first-year defensive coordinator Mike Nolan, the guy who matters mosts is. Appearing Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, team owner/G.M. Jerry Jones said he’s “OK” with Nolan. “I like the way we came out last night...

Getty Images The Cowboys lost in ugly fashion to the Cardinals on Monday night and are now 2-4 on the season as a result. It’s not the record anyone is striving for, but there is a silver lining. They are the only two-win team in the NFC East and the other three teams haven’t shown many signs...

Getty Images On paper, the NFL’s current arrangement of teams looks good, symmetrical. Two conferences. Four divisions per conference. Four teams per division. But there’s a problem with this structure. The NFL guarantees the best of every quartet of predetermined teams a playoff spot and...

Getty Images Free agent defensive lineman David Irving is getting a second (third?) chance in the NFL. Irving, who has not played since 2018, is signing with the Raiders, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. The NFL reinstated Irving on Oct. 16, and he visited the Raiders soon...

Getty Images The Cowboys are in first place in the NFC East. The way things are going, however, that won’t last. Complicating matters is the fact that unnamed players are now venting to the NFL Network reporter who covers the team. Here’s the tweet from NFLN’s Jane Slater: “Cowboys players...