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Getty Images The NFC playoff picture wasn’t upended when the 49ers, Saints and Cowboys lost games in Week 10, but it did open the door for bigger changes if the teams couldn’t get back on track. Sunday’s games are all in the books and everyone got back on track. All six teams that opened the...

Getty Images Matt Patricia has not had a successful tenure as Lions head coach. He took over a team that was 9-7 the year before and went 6-10 in his first year and is now 3-6-1 in his second. But after Sunday’s loss to the Cowboys, Patricia took some unfair heat for a decision that was...

Getty Images The Cowboys drafted Bo Scarbrough in the seventh round last year hoping he might back up Ezekiel Elliott. He didn’t win the job. Scarbrough has bounced around the league since. He made his NFL debut and scored against the team that drafted him following a fumble by Elliott. The...

Getty Images Ezekiel Elliott fumbled on one of his six carries. Tony Pollard has scored a touchdown on one of his four touches. With Elliott watching from the sideline, Pollard led a seven-play, 70-yard scoring drive. He had two carries for 12 yards and scored on a 21-yard pass from Dak...

Getty Images The Cowboys got off to a slow start again. They ended the half red hot. The Cowboys scored on four of their last five possessions of the first half as Dak Prescott threw for 274 and two touchdowns. He is 16-for-25. Michael Gallup has six catches for 113 yards, and Randall Cobb...

Getty Images The Lions aren’t going away quietly. Missing their starting quarterback, Matthew Stafford, the Lions have struggled on offense. But they put together a 10-play, 75-yard drive to open the second half, cutting the Cowboys’ lead to 24-21. They converted two third downs and Jeff...

Getty Images Only one quarterback has three 400-yard passing games this season. Aaron Rodgers hasn’t done it. Patrick Mahomes hasn’t done it. Deshaun Watson hasn’t done it. Russell Wilson hasn’t done it. Lamar Jackson hasn’t done it. Maybe it’s time to put Dak Prescott‘s name in the MVP watch...

Getty Images Wide receiver Amari Cooper didn’t practice on Wednesday, but signs since then have pointed toward him being in the lineup when the Cowboys face the Lions on Sunday. Cooper returned to practice in a limited fashion on Thursday and got more work in on Friday despite the knee and...

Getty Images Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper said earlier Friday he was good to do. The team’s practice report confirmed it. Cooper has no designation. He went through a limited practice for the second consecutive day with knee and ankle injuries. Left tackle Tyron Smith (ankle), right guard...

Getty Images Week 11 of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win (and a few other things) by the Browns and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on...

Getty Images The Cowboys placed offensive lineman Adam Redmond on injured reserve Saturday, the team announced. It is unclear what Redmond’s injury is. He was not on the injury report this week. The Cowboys needed the roster spot for a safety with starter Jeff Heath questionable with injuries...

Getty Images The Lions will be without quarterback Matthew Stafford again this week. Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Lions coach Matt Patricia ruled Stafford out this week because of a back injury. Asked if there was a scenario in which Stafford played Sunday against the Cowboys...

Getty Images Colin Kaepernick will workout for scouts Saturday in Atlanta. As PFT reported earlier Thursday, the league has not provided and does not plan to provide Kaepernick’s representatives with the names of those attending. The only certainty Kaepernick has received came from General...

Getty Images Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper returned to practice as a limited participant Thursday. He did not practice Wednesday with his knee and ankle injuries keeping him out. Last week, Cooper missed the first two practice days before being limited Friday. He still had 11 catches for 147...

Getty Images Ezekiel Elliott has had only three games with fewer rushing yards than he had Sunday. Those three came on the road, so his 47 yards on 20 carries against the Vikings was the fewest rushing yards he ever has had at AT&T Stadium. “You never expect to have a performance like that but...

Getty Images It’s starting to look like Jeff Driskel is going to start at quarterback for the Lions against the Cowboys this weekend. Matthew Stafford remained out of practice on Thursday as he deals with the back injury that caused him to miss his first game since 2010 last week. Lions head...

Getty Images The Lions have an ailing quarterback at the moment, which doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with their interest in another one. According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Lions coach Matt Patricia said the team would be at Saturday’s workout for Colin Kaepernick in...

Getty Images At a Tuesday press conference, Lions head coach Matt Patricia didn’t say whether quarterback Matthew Stafford would take part in practice this and he didn’t include Stafford on the list of players who would sit out when he spoke to reporters before Wednesday’s session. If that...

Getty Images The Cowboys were missing five starters Wednesday. Defensive lineman Michael Bennett (not injury related), right tackle La'el Collins (knee/back), receiver Amari Cooper (knee/ankle), right guard Zack Martin (back/ankle/elbow) and left guard Connor Williams (knee) did not practice...

Getty Images The Lions made a couple of changes to their roster on Tuesday. The team announced that they made a successful waiver claim on tackle Dan Skipper. Skipper was waived by the Texans on Monday. It’s a return engagement in Detroit for Skipper. He played one game for the Lions in 2017...