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Getty Images Hit hard by injuries at linebacker, the Cowboys were in need of one. They worked out veterans Malcolm Smith and Ray-Ray Armstrong on Tuesday. Dallas settled on Smith, agreeing to a deal with the Super Bowl XLVIII MVP, Todd Archer of ESPN reports. Smith played for Cowboys passing...

Getty Images The Ravens tied the Pro Bowl record with 12 players selected to the original list. Tight end Mark Andrews, long snapper Morgan Cox, cornerback Marlon Humphrey, running back Mark Ingram, quarterback Lamar Jackson, outside linebacker Matt Judon, cornerback Marcus Peters, fullback...

Getty Images We’ve looked at the current AFC picture, so now we’ll look at the current NFC playoff picture. As with the AFC, this isn’t completely and totally comprehensive with every possible permutation, but it’s close enough for now. Next week, we’ll outline every remaining scenario for the...

Getty Images The Rams were battered by the Cowboys on Sunday, and quarterback Jared Goff emerged bruised. He injured his thumb during the game. On Monday, coach Sean McVay provided an update. “It was on the interception,” McVay told reporters. “I think it was [Andrew] Whitworth’s helmet. You...

Getty Images The Buccaneers need receivers with Mike Evans on injured reserve and Chris Godwin and Scotty Miller iffy for Saturday’s game. They signed Spencer Schnell to the practice squad, announcing that move. They are adding former LSU sprinter Cyril Grayson to the active roster, agent...

Getty Images Dak Prescott had a season-low 23 attempts, a season-low 15 completions and tied his season low with 212 yards in the victory over the Rams. The Cowboys didn’t need their quarterback to throw, rushing for 263 yards. Because of that, not much was made of Prescott’s sprained left...

Getty Images The Eagles were missing a few important players for Sunday’s win over Washington and those players will have an extra day to heal before the team is back on the field against the Cowboys in Week 16. At a press conference on Monday, Eagles head coach Doug Pederson provided updates...

Getty Images As the Cowboys continue to careen toward the potential canning of coach Jason Garrett, some believe that they’ll eventually make a phone call to the Saints about possibly hiring Sean Payton. On Sunday, Ian Rapoport of the NFL said that the Cowboys, “last year after the season...

Getty Images The Lions have claimed offensive tackle Caleb Benenoch off waivers from the Cowboys, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. The Cowboys had hoped to re-sign Benenoch. He has spent time with the Buccaneers, Panthers, Patriots and Cowboys this season. His only game action came in the...

Getty Images Rams defensive coordinator Wade Phillips had a good day against one of his many former teams last year in the divisional round of the postseason. His defense is having a terrible, no good, very bad day Sunday against the Cowboys. The Cowboys have 285 yards of offense, scoring on...

Getty Images The drama to start the game wasn’t drama at all as it turned out. The Cowboys did defer after winning the coin toss, even though referee Walt Anderson announced the Cowboys had chosen to kickoff. Rule 15, Section 3, Article 9 of the NFL rules book says game administration allows...

Getty Images The Rams had more to gain Sunday than the Cowboys, which means they also had more to lose. And lost they did. The Cowboys gave the Rams a whipping, winning 44-21. The beat down was so thorough and so convincing that the only question afterward was: Where has this Cowboys team...

It turns out Sunday’s game at AT&T Stadium was not a flip of the coin. Dak Prescott threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns, and the Cowboys rolled to a 44-21 victory over the Rames. Things got off to an inauspicious start for the Cowboys, though, when Walt Anderson heard Prescott say the...

Getty Images Owner Jerry Jones’ fairy tale is alive, if not completely well, after the Cowboys’ 44-21 beat down of the Rams. It ended a three-game losing streak, was their first victory over a team with a winning record and gives Dallas a chance to clinch the NFC East with a win over...

Getty Images Black Monday is only two weeks away. In recent years Black Monday basically has become Black Sunday, because plenty of coaches get fired not the day after the season ends but the day that it’s all over. So for which coaches will it be over when the season’s over? Two (Jay Gruden...

Getty Images In two weeks, the coaching carousel will begin to spin. Washington gave it an early shove on Sunday. Urban Meyer is at FedEx Field. FOX cameras showed him in a box with Alex Smith, who played for Meyer at Utah. Another former Meyer quarterback — Dwayne Haskins — is currently the...

Getty Images The Cowboys won’t have weakside linebacker Leighton Vander Esch for a fourth consecutive game, having already ruled him out with a neck injury. They will have Sean Lee in his place today. Lee has pectoral and thigh injuries that kept him out of practice all week, but he is active...

It appears the Cowboys botched the opening coin flip, choosing to kickoff rather than defer. The team’s public relations department is trying to determine if Dak Prescott messed up the decision or referee Walt Anderson the announcement. Either way, no one will care if the Cowboys win. They...

Getty Images Dak Prescott got off to a hot start to his season and not long ago heard his name bantered about as an MVP candidate. The Cowboys quarterback still leads the league in passing yards, but three consecutive losses — and only one win in the team’s past five games — killed Prescott’s...

Getty Images Sean Lee did not practice all week with pectoral and thigh injuries. The Cowboys list him as questionable but are encouraged he will play Sunday against the Rams. “We feel good about him being able to play this week,” Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said on 105.3...