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Getty Images Since Cowboys owner Jerry Jones can’t directly make his case to running back Ezekiel Elliott for accepting the offer that currently is on the table, Jones has been taking his arguments to the media. On Friday, Jones dusted off his “you don’t need the rushing champion to win a...

Getty Images Don’t rule out Ezekiel Elliott playing for the Cowboys in Week One. Elliott and the Cowboys are getting closer on a new deal and hope to have it done this weekend, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. That comes after a week in which Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones...

Getty Images [Editor’s note: We’re keeping track of the moves as NFC teams make them this weekend, as they have to get to their 53-man roster limit by Saturday at 4 p.m. Check back throughout the weekend, as we’ll update throughout.] Dallas Waived nine players, including running back Darius...

Getty Images Linebacker Rolando McClain last played in the NFL in 2015. He’s now eligible to return. Per a league source, the league has conditionally reinstated McClain, the eighth overall pick in the 2010 draft. McClain started 15 games as a rookie with the Raiders, 14 in 2011, and nine in...

Getty Images The Cowboys list Darius Jackson as the starting running back. He isn’t and won’t be. The Cowboys made Jackson among their early cuts, according to Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com. Rookie Tony Pollard will start until Ezekiel Elliott returns from his contract holdout. The Cowboys...

Getty Images The Cowboys are ready for some football. Some football without running back Ezekiel Elliott. After Thursday’s preseason finale, owner Jerry Jones made it clear that he’s resigned to the fact that Elliott’s holdout will last into the regular season. “I just accept that,” Jones...

Getty Images Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has tried to negotiate the delicate question of whether he directly negotiates with players. After Thursday night’s preseason finale, Jones addressed with reporters a dynamic that has been hiding in plain sight for years, but that finally has resulted in...

Getty Images The Cowboys don’t know whether they will have Ezekiel Elliott for the season opener. So with the Giants coming to town in 10 days, the Cowboys are preparing to play without him. The Cowboys drafted Tony Pollard and Mike Weber. They signed veteran Alfred Morris when Elliott’s...

Getty Images At a time when many believe the Cowboys and running back Ezekiel Elliott won’t get a deal done before the start of the season, and influential member of the media believes that Elliott will be there for Week One. In his weekly mailbag for TheAthletic.com, FOX’s Jay Glazer writes...

Getty Images The Cowboys have a decision to make on rookie Connor McGovern. He has not played in the preseason and practiced only twice in training camp. McGovern partially tore a pectoral muscle in the offseason program. Now, he has a smaller strain of his pectoral muscle separate from the...

Getty Images Cowboys owner Jerry Jones may be trying to position himself for the ability to declare victory, even if running back Ezekiel Elliott‘s holdout lasts into the regular season. “We’ve got a marathon here,” Jones said earlier this week. “We want Zeke when we get to the playoffs. We...

Getty Images Hiding in plain sight for years if not decades has been the habit of the Dallas Cowboys to circumvent agents and deal directly with players. At least one player managed to resist the fast-talking charms of owner Jerry Jones. As explained by long-time NFL reporter Jason Cole, and...

Getty Images Dak Prescott‘s Faith Fight Finish Foundation brought Cowboys executives together with the quarterback’s agent, Todd France, on Sunday night. “Yeah, we talked about generalities, but there were no details discussed,” Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said Wednesday...

Getty Images On Wednesday, NFL Media’s Mike Garafolo pointed out a dynamic that the Dallas Cowboys haven’t tried all that hard to hide: Their propensity for cutting out the middleman and dealing directly with players who are represented by agents. Per a source with knowledge of the situation...

Getty Images The Cowboys are deep on the offensive line. They’re deep on the defensive line. Thus, it should come as no surprise that the Cowboys have gotten calls from teams interested in trading for one of the team’s linemen. “We do get calls on both offensive and defensive lines,” Cowboys...

Getty Images At the Cowboys’ annual kickoff luncheon Wednesday, Jerry Jones addressed the elephant in the room. Or running back not in the room as it were. The Cowboys owner didn’t mention Ezekiel Elliott by name, but he didn’t have to. Everyone knew who Jones was referring to when he said...

Getty Images America’s Team apparently has no problem with the concept of violating America’s labor laws. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Media (which is a gutsy move for him since the Cowboys partially own the outlet), an unnamed agent said that the Cowboys have a reputation for trying to...

Getty Images Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones hinted that he won’t be too upset about it if running back Ezekiel Elliott continues his holdout into the start of the regular season. Jones said this morning on 105.3 The Fan that he wants Elliott to be fresh late in the season...

Getty Images The NFL’s most marketable player is old enough to be the father of many of the league’s players. A poll conducted by Sports Business Journal of 40 “marketing/branding execs, sports business professors and both print and on-air football media” resulted in Patriots quarterback Tom...

Getty Images The Cowboys opener is only 12 days away. Yet, they do not know if their star running back will join them at AT&T Stadium. Ezekiel Elliott appears no closer to returning. “You focus on the guys who are here and the guys who are available,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Tuesday...