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USA TODAY Sports The NFL on Sept. 1 ordered all sideline personnel, including coaches, to wear masks during games, with Allen Sills, the NFL’s chief medical officer, explaining “it’s an appropriate risk-mitigation step.” Yet, a handful of coaches ignored the edict this weekend. Most notably...

Getty Images The Eagles have a couple more injury issues to deal with after their Week One loss to Washington. Defensive end Vinny Curry hurt his hamstring during the game and did not return to action. Head coach Doug Pederson said on Monday that it will be some time before Curry is back...

Getty Images Sunday night’s game between the Rams and Cowboys remained undecided into the final minutes of the fourth quarter and it appeared Dallas might at least extend the game to overtime when Dak Prescott hit Michael Gallup for a big gain in the final minute. Gallup picked up 47 yards to...

Getty Images The Cowboys had a chance to tie the Rams with 11:46 remaining in the fourth quarter. But facing a fourth-and-three from the Rams 11, Mike McCarthy decided to go for it. Rookie receiver CeeDee Lamb made a rookie mistake, failing to run a route beyond the sticks, and rookie safety...

Getty Images Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch fractured his collarbone in the first quarter Sunday, Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News reports. An X-ray revealed the fracture, and the Cowboys quickly ruled him out. He is expected to undergo surgery but should return this...

Getty Images Trailing 20-17 in the fourth quarter, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy eschewed a game-tying field goal attempt and went for it on fourth-and-3 at the Rams’ the 11-yard line on Sunday night. The play failed, but McCarthy defended the thought process behind it after the game. McCarthy...

USA TODAY Sports The Cowboys had never had a player protest during the playing of the national anthem. Until Sunday. Defensive tackle Dontari Poe, who arrived as a free agent this offseason, vowed he would kneel, and he did. Assistant defensive line coach Leon Lett, along with defensive...

Getty Images The Rams have run 23 plays. They have gained 137 yards. They have held the ball for 12:20 of the first quarter. Yet, their lead is only 7-0 over the Cowboys. The Rams scored easily on their first possession, going 75 yards in seven plays with Malcolm Brown scoring on a 1-yard...

USA TODAY Sports Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch missed seven games last seaon with spinal stenosis. He underwent surgery in January and plays with a small neck roll under his pads to help with “shock.” He declared himself fully healthy and ready to return to action. But Vander Esch...

Getty Images It seems like the Rams should have the lead, but they don’t. Ezekiel Elliott scored his second touchdown of the night, and his 1-yard run with 17 seconds left in the first half has given the Cowboys a 14-13 halftime lead. The Rams opened with a seven-play, 75-yard drive that...

USA TODAY Sports Blake Jarwin got a three-year, $24.5 million contract in the offseason. He got the undisputed starting job when Jason Witten signed with the Raiders after the Cowboys decided not to re-sign the franchise’s best ever tight end. Jarwin, though, didn’t last until halftime of the...

Getty Images On Friday, Rams coach Sean McVay said that air quality for Sunday night’s stadium-opening season opener “shouldn’t be an issue.” It still could be. The Air Quality Index currently sits at 146 in Inglewood, site of the new Rams stadium. The threshold for potential NFL...

Getty Images The Rams and wide receiver Cooper Kupp have agreed to a three-year contract extension. Rams coach Sean McVay said this week that he expected a deal to get done with Kupp, and on Saturday the two sides made it official with an announcement that Kupp has signed. Kupp has spent his...

Getty Images Despite raging wildfires leading to poor air quality, the NFL still plans to play two games in California on Sunday. The league is continuing to monitor the situation but currently still expects to be able to play the Cardinals-49ers game in Santa Clara on Sunday afternoon and the...

Getty Images The Cowboys will have receiver Amari Cooper for Sunday’s opener against the Rams. Cooper was a full participant all week with a hamstring injury that limited him during training camp. Cornerback Chidobe Awuzie (knee) also is good to go after three full practices, which included...

Getty Images The 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Chiefs and it continues with 13 more games on Sunday, which means that the 26 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release their final...

Getty Images The Rams reached a five-year, $105 million extension with Jalen Ramsey, the most lucrative contract ever for an NFL defensive back. Ramsey expressed relief at getting it signed before the season opener. “I started, as the season got closer to being here, I started to think about...

Getty Images Rams coach Sean McVay wants to use a three-man weave at running back. With Week One looming, one of their three men is banged up. Darrell Henderson appears on the injury report this week as having a hamstring injury. Although he fully participated in practice on Wednesday and...

Getty Images Rams head coach Sean McVay said on Monday that the team was working on contract extensions with “a couple of key players” ahead of the start of the regular season. One of those players got his deal done on Wednesday. Cornerback Jalen Ramsey became the highest-paid cornerback in...

Getty Images The Broncos are scrambling for a replacement for Von Miller, and at least one of their options has told them “No, thanks.” According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, former Rams and Packers linebacker Clay Matthews sent word to the Broncos he was not going to play. There was a report of...