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Getty Images No one will be happier to begin training camp than Travis Frederick. The Cowboys center missed all of last season while recovering from Guillain-Barré syndrome. “You don’t get to realize what you have until it’s gone, and you get a chance to evaluate that and get excited about...

Getty Images He has gotten the team’s attention, even if the team is doing its best to downplay the situation. The question now becomes whether the team will do enough to get him to running back Ezekiel Elliott to show up for training camp. Ten days ago, most believed that Elliott stood third...

Getty Images Released by the Cowboys earlier this week, receiver Allen Hurns has begun his search for a new team. And that search will start in the state where his career began. Per a league source, Hurns will visit the Dolphins today. Hurns spent his first four seasons with the Jaguars...

Getty Images The Cowboys will not be bringing wide receiver Allen Hurns with them to California for training camp, but they will be bringing four quarterbacks. The team officially announced Hurns’s release on Wednesday and added word that they have signed Taryn Christion to fill his spot on...

Getty Images The Cowboys are readying to leave for Oxnard, California, with the team charter scheduled to depart Thursday. The biggest question hanging over the Cowboys is whether Ezekiel Elliott will report to training camp on time. Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Wednesday that he expects...

Getty Images Wide receiver Allen Hurns spent the offseason working his way back from a serious leg injury, but it appears a return to the field will have to come with a team other than the Cowboys. PFT has confirmed that the Cowboys will release Hurns. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the...

Getty Images We’ve known for months that Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence and cornerback Byron Jones were expected to open camp on the physically unable to perform list. But they may not participate at all until the team returns to Texas. According to David Moore of the Dallas Morning...

Getty Images While the Cowboys have some stars who won’t be ready for the start of camp, they will get one of their cornerstones back on the field. Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, center Travis Frederick is expected to be cleared to participate from the start of training camp. This one is...

Getty Images Dean Blandino left his position as head of NFL officiating more than two years ago, but he still can’t go anywhere without hearing about one particular call from his time running the officiating department. That was the Dez Bryant catch that was overturned to an incompletion in a...

Getty Images The Cowboys haven’t reached the NFC Championship Game since winning their last Super Bowl in 1995. Yet, they remain America’s Team and the World’s Team for that matter. Nine of the 50 highest-rated sports TV broadcasts in 2018 were regular-season games featuring the Cowboys...

Getty Images A week ago, it looked like the Cowboys wouldn’t be giving running back Ezekiel Elliott a new contract, and that Elliott happily would show up for training camp without one. Today, that hardly appears to be quite so automatic. We reported on Monday that Elliott was privately saying...

Getty Images The fifth-year option is a powerful tool, and teams with 2015 first-round picks who panned out are using it, extensively. Of the 2015 first-rounders whose fifth-year options were exercised, only one of them — Rams running back Todd Gurley — has gotten a second contract. All of...

Getty Images Free agent cornerback Tyler Patmon is working out for the Dolphins, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Patmon, 28, visited the Raiders in March but has yet to sign with any team. He played 25 games for the Jaguars the past two seasons, but his total defensive snaps were only 276...

Getty Images Cornerback Tyler Patmon worked out for the Dolphins on Monday. He signed with the Dolphins later Monday. Patmon’s agent, David Canter, tweeted the news. Patmon, 28, played two games for the Dolphins in 2015. He played 25 games for the Jaguars the past two seasons, but his total...

The debate over running backs’ value has gone on for years, but there is no arguing Ezekiel Elliott‘s value to the Cowboys. He is one of the NFL’s special running backs and an important part of the Cowboys’ offense. “It does everything [having Elliott],” Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said...

Getty Images Our popcorn is indeed ready. The Cowboys report for camp in five days. Running back Ezekiel Elliott may or may not be there. Per a league source, Elliott currently is believed to be making plans for a trip out of the country. Of course, plans can quickly change. After PFT...

Getty Images A wise man has said, “Once is an accident, twice is a trend. Four, five, or six times is a clear indication of a strategic shift in overall policy.” (I may have added the last part.) It has become more and more clear and obvious over the past year or so that the NFL, reeling from...

Getty Images Cowboys defensive lineman Tyrone Crawford has resolved criminal charges arising from an incident that occurred in March. He’ll now await punishment from 345 Park Avenue. Via ESPN, Crawford has agreed to enter a diversion program as the settlement of the allegations made against...

Getty Images The NFL and NFLPA gathered for their fourth set of talks about a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Wednesday and the schedule called for the meetings to last for three days. There was a change in plans, however, and the two sides wrapped things up after several hours of...

Getty Images Much has been written and said in recent days about the devaluation of the running back position. So I invited long-time agent Peter Schaffer (who has represented the likes of Barry Sanders and Eddie George, and who currently represents Joe Mixon) to appear on the #PFTPM podcast...