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Getty Images The Cowboys didn’t move to replace kicker Brett Maher after working out kickers last week, but Maher couldn’t avoid the ax after this week’s workouts. The team announced on Monday that they have waived Maher in order to make room for Kai Forbath. The veteran was one of three...

Getty Images The Dolphins made starting defensive end Taco Charlton a healthy scratch Sunday. “Really more game plan than anything,” Flores said Monday, via David Furones of the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “Felt like we needed to go with some other guys, just from a game-plan standpoint, but...

Getty Images The Cowboys stuck with Brett Maher after his first nine misses of the season. His 10th missed field goal, though, might prove the last straw. After Maher missed a 42-yard kick wide right in a 31-24 loss to the Bears, the Cowboys are working out three kickers. Kai Forbath, Tristan...

Getty Images The NFL has shown, time and again, a resistance to making proactive changes. Instead, most big adjustments come as a reaction to a crisis, like the outcome of the Rams-Saints NFC Championship game. And so it’s no surprise that the NFL will continue to resist sound arguments for...

Getty Images The Eagles have had more than their fair share of injuries this year. They are relatively healthy for a must-win Monday night showdown against the Giants. Only linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill is out, with a concussion. The list of players with the questionable label includes running...

Getty Images It’s looking more and more likely that, whenever their season ends, the Cowboys will part ways with coach Jason Garrett. So what will happen next? The names that have generated the most steam to date are Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley and former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer...

Getty Images Fox cameras caught Dak Prescott shaking his right hand after hitting it on a helmet with his follow-through during Thursday night’s game. The Cowboys quarterback came out of the game not only having injured the index finger on his right hand, but he also sprained his left hand...

Getty Images Cowboys receiver Cedrick Wilson was active Thursday night. It was the first time he dressed on game day since Oct. 20. Now, Wilson’s season likely is over. Wilson sprained his anterior cruciate ligament on an incompletion late in the loss to the Bears. The injury is a four- to...

Getty Images Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith landed on the leg of Bears wide receiver Javon Wims while breaking up a pass on Thursday night, resulting in a knee injury that knocked Wims out of the game. After the play, Smith got up and celebrated with Wims on the ground nearby. But after the...

Getty Images Cowboys owner Jerry Jones keeps trying to get that lawnmower started. Jones, who seems to think that the right combination of words will light a fire under his underachieving team, has tried after recent losses to call out coach Jason Garrett and to unconditionally support him...

Getty Images Jason Garrett isn’t getting fired by the Cowboys today, but Brett Maher could be. Appearing Friday morning on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, the Cowboys head coach acknowledged that change may be coming at the kicker position after Maher missed another field goal on Thursday night in...

Getty Images Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is not happy with how his football team has been playing in recent weeks, but don’t ask him if he’s embarrassed about the team’s efforts. That question was posed to Jones during a Friday morning appearance on 105.3 The Fan and offered a rebuke rather than...

Getty Images Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has never been known for his filter, but he was particularly unfiltered in a radio interview this morning. As Jones talked about all the ways he’s disappointed in his 6-7 team, he was heard muttering, “bulls–t,” before the confused hosts on 105.3 The Fan...

Getty Images Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was mad after Thursday’s 31-24 loss to the Bears. But not mad enough to make a coaching change. Jones told reporters the Cowboys just have to play better. “We’ll line them up here next week,” Jones said. “We’re going to go practice, and we’re going to...

Getty Images Brett Maher missed a 42-yard field goal against the Chicago Bears and had a kickoff go out of bounds to give the Bears premium field position for a fourth quarter scoring drive that sealed their fate in a 31-24 loss on Thursday night. Maher’s missed field goal would have tied the...

Getty Images It may be a fait accompli that Jason Garrett’s nine-plus years as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys will come to an end at the conclusion of this season. Back-to-back losses to the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears have only further illustrated how poorly a supposedly talented Cowboys...

Getty Images The bad news for the Cowboys is that Thursday night’s loss to the Bears drops them to 6-7. The good news is they’re in the NFC East. Dallas remains in first place, half a game ahead of 5-7 Philadelphia. At 3-9, Washington is, amazingly, still in contention to win the division...

Getty Images The Cowboys opened their Thanksgiving Day game against the Bills with a touchdown and then saw the Bills rattle off 26 straight points on their way to a 26-15 win. Dallas faced the Bears this Thursday, but things played out in a similar manner. The Cowboys opened the game with an...

Mitchell Trubisky has run for 18 yards on two carries. He’s thrown for 70 yards and a touchdown, missing on only one of seven attempts. If not for an interception, he would be off to a great start. As it is, the Bears quarterback is off to a good start. Chicago drove to the Dallas 16 on its...

This feels like a rerun to Cowboys fans. Only the jerseys of the opposing team has changed. After scoring on their first drive against the Bills a week ago, the Cowboys lost 26-15. They scored on their first drive Thursday and then what could go wrong did. The Bears lead 17-7 at halftime. The...