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Getty Images Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said after Sunday’s game that his team broke the Cowboys’ will by running the ball down their throats, and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones felt the same way. Jones praised Zimmer after the game and said the Vikings won because they were the more physical team...

Getty Images The Vikings drove the ball to the 1-yard-line on each of their first two drives on Sunday night and they looked in the same direction both times they got to the foot of the end zone. Quarterback Kirk Cousins delivered passes to tight end Kyle Rudolph on both occasions and Rudolph...

Getty Images Amari Cooper has made three catches along the sideline that seemed impossible in real time. His most recent, a 12-yard touchdown, has given the Cowboys their first lead, 21-20. It’s been that kind of game, with spectacular catches from both teams. Cooper also had a 13-yarder in...

Getty Images It’s hard to say who from the Vikings felt more satisfaction from the 28-24 victory over the Cowboys. Mike Zimmer spent years on the Cowboys’ sideline but never got a chance to become the team’s head coach. Dan Bailey once became the NFL’s all-time most accurate kicker when he was...

Getty Images The Cowboys vowed to figure out why they are getting off to slow starts and fix it. That will have to wait until next week. The Cowboys got off to another slow start against the Vikings. Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph scored two touchdowns, on two catches of 1-yard, before the...

Getty Images The Packers stopped Christian McCaffrey just short of the end zone on the final play of the game in Green Bay’s 24-16 victory. McCaffrey scored one touchdown Sunday, his 14th of the season, but Packers running back Aaron Jones had three, giving him 14 for the season. Aaron...

Getty Images Stefon Diggs has had one. Kyle Rudolph has had one. Randall Cobb has had one. Amari Cooper has had one. The receivers and tight ends in Sunday night’s game are battling for catch of the game. Diggs, Rudolph, Cobb and Cooper all have made spectacular catches. Rudolph’s and Cobb’s...

Getty Images The #PFTPM/Chris Simms Unbuttoned Joint Mega-Picks Podcast culminates each week with our best bets. Simms and I share three wagers we’d definitely make, if we were inclined to wager. It’s become a point of pride for Simms and me, and we’re currently deadlocked at 15-9 each this...

Getty Images The Vikings signed Kirk Cousins to win big games. Through 25 total games in Minnesota, he hasn’t. Last season, he beat the Packers on a Sunday night and won a late-afternoon kickoff against the Eagles. For the most part, the Cousins-led Vikings have extended the narrative of...

Getty Images As Vikings receiver Adam Thielen said after the Minnesota offense fell flat against the Bears, the passing game will have to step up on those days when the running game isn’t working. The Cowboys think that the Vikings’ passing game won’t step up, so they’re planning to shut down...

Getty Images Former Panthers and Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy had another UFC fight today in Moscow, and it did not go well. Hardy was matched up with one of the UFC’s top heavyweights, the Russian Alexander Volkov, and Volkov picked him apart for an easy victory. It was a unanimous...

Getty Images The Cowboys lead the league in total offense, with an average of 436.8 yards per game. They never got higher than 20th last season, finishing 22nd. The Cowboys have not finished a season leading the league in total offense since 1977. They haven’t led in scoring since 1980. They...

Getty Images Amari Cooper expects to play Sunday. The Cowboys expect the receiver to play Sunday. But officially the team lists Cooper as questionable. He returned to a limited practice Friday after sitting out Wednesday and Thursday with knee and ankle injuries. Cooper has had a lingering...

The Cowboys had 10 penalties for 104 yards on Monday night against the Giants. They have 639 yards in penalties this season, second only to Oakland. The Raiders went into Thursday night with 640 yards in penalties and had another 12 penalties for 97 yards against the Chargers. Coach Jason...

Getty Images Week 10 of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the 49ers and it continues with 11 more games on Sunday, which means that the 22 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 Adam Thielen is going to miss his another game with his hamstring injury, but at least they know it in advance this time. Via Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Thielen has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Cowboys, along with safety Andrew Sendejo (groin)...

Getty Images The Cowboys have listed receiver Amari Cooper on their injury report after every practice of this season. He has had foot, ankle and quadriceps injuries this year. The team added a new injury to Cooper on Wednesday. He has a knee injury to go with a lingering ankle injury...

Getty Images The Cowboys hope to have Amari Cooper for Sunday night. It’s looking more and more likely the Vikings won’t have Adam Thielen. Thielen is watching practice again Thursday, according to the team’s beat writers. Thielen missed practice Wednesday with the hamstring injury he...

Getty Images Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper did not practice on Thursday as he went to a doctor to get results of a Wednesday MRI on his knee. According to multiple reports, the tests showed that Cooper has avoided a significant injury to his knee. As a result, the wideout is expected to...

Getty Images The Vikings’ injury report doesn’t look as good Thursday as it did Wednesday. For starters, cornerback Mike Hughes apparently injured his knee on Wednesday. He wasn’t on the first report of the week; on Thursday, he was limited with a knee injury. Two other injured players who...