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Getty Images The NFL is trying to send a message this preseason that it’s serious about enforcing the rule against lowering the helmet to initiate contact. San Francisco safety Adrian Colbert surely got the message. Colbert was ejected from last week’s preseason game for lowering his helmet to...

Getty Images Cowboys left tackle Tyron Smith won’t be hitting the Aloha State this weekend. Per multiple reports, Smith is dealing with a stiff back and will not make the trip to Hawaii for Saturday night’s game against the Rams. Smith’s issue is not believed to be serious, but he’s had back...

Getty Images Owner Jerry Jones said earlier this week that the Cowboys expect Ezekiel Elliott to come back in shape, whenever the running back returns. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports Thursday that Elliott’s weight is in the low 220s, the lowest Elliott has weighed since his rookie year...

Getty Images Sean McVay isn’t a big believer in playing his starters in the preseason. Rams quarterback Jared Goff played no snaps in the 2018 preseason. It appears that’s the plan for him again this preseason. Goff did not play in the preseason opener last week and won’t play this week...

Getty Images There’s a common misconception, one that I’ve perpetuated a time or two, that the Cowboys are likely to cave in the Ezekiel Elliott holdout because they caved in the 1993 Emmitt Smith holdout. As PFT’s Charean Williams explained last week on PFT Live and mentioned in a Wednesday...

Getty Images The NFL’s current compensation system does not fairly compensate running backs. An effort has been launched to change that. Via Bloomberg.com, a petition has been filed with the National Labor Relations Board to create a separate union for NFL running backs. In a petition dated...

Getty Images Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith had one of the most prominent knee injuries in recent football history when he suffered a severe injury in the last game of his college football career, one that sent his draft stock plummeting, cost him millions of dollars, and has been cited by...

Getty Images Like current Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, former Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is entering a contract year. Unlike Prescott, Romo can’t be restricted by the franchise tag. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports that Romo and his current employer, CBS, have had “no...

Getty Images Raiders receiver Antonio Brown, an excellent player, has nevertheless carried plenty of headaches with him to Oakland. His situation inspired Wednesday’s PFT Live draft. Which NFL players are worth the headache? Simms and I drafted three each. They’re named in the attached video...

Getty Images If Ezekiel Elliott returns to the Cowboys before the start of the season, owner Jerry Jones expects the running back to be ready to go. If Elliott doesn’t return by the start of the season, Jones is OK with what the Cowboys have at the position behind the star running back. When...

Getty Images Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on Tuesday indicated the Cowboys need “team-friendly” deals from Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott and Amari Cooper to have enough room to keep their core together. The Cowboys have several starters whose deals expire after 2020 or 2021. One of those is...

Getty Images Giants receiver Golden Tate may indeed have been telling the truth when he explained that he began taking a fertility drug, that he realized in a matter of days that the drug is a banned substance under the PED policy, and that in the interim he was randomly tested under the PED...

Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper hasn’t practiced in more than a week, but the team is not concerned. Cooper has plantar fascia irritation on the bottom of his foot, Mike Fisher of Maven Sports reports. “He’ll be fine,” a source told Fisher. It is unclear when Cooper will return to practice —...

Getty Images The most money Tony Romo ever earned in a single season was $26.5 million in 2013, according to overthecap.com. He finished his NFL career with $127.4 million in earnings. Dak Prescott could sign a bigger total deal than what Romo made in his career and is expected to have a...

Getty Images Todd Gurley apparently won’t be getting lei’d. Coach Sean McVay told reporters on Tuesday that the Rams most likely won’t be taking their star tailback to Hawaii for a Saturday preseason game against the Cowboys. “That’s something that I would say, more likely than not, but we’re...

Jerry Jones got a deal done with Emmitt Smith in 1993 after the running back held out for the first two games. He got a deal done with Dez Bryant at the 11th hour in 2015 after the Cowboys franchised the receiver. So the Cowboys owner is not concerned about getting deals done with Dak Prescott...

Getty Images On Monday, the Dak Prescott negotiations eclipsed the Ezekiel Elliott talks, even though Prescott is in camp and Elliott isn’t. Prescott’s negotiations took center stage because, whereas there are no numbers published regarding Elliott’s negotiations, NFL Media (wholly owned by...

Getty Images Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper is struggling with a foot injury. Cooper injured his foot 10 days ago and has missed six consecutive practices, Ed Werder of ESPN reports. However, the team does not believe it will be a long-term injury. Most of the talk about Cooper in...

Getty Images Cowboys center Travis Frederick checked off another box this weekend in his comeback from missing all of last season after being diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Frederick received that diagnosis after playing in a preseason game against the 49ers and he was back at Levi’s...

Getty Images Jason Witten quit football last year, retiring to go into the ESPN Monday Night Football booth. He’s back, but his beloved helmet isn’t. Witten spent the first 15 years of his career wearing two Air Advantage helmets by Schutt that he affectionately called Betsy. The helmet no...