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Getty Images The drama to start the game wasn’t drama at all as it turned out. The Cowboys did defer after winning the coin toss, even though referee Walt Anderson announced the Cowboys had chosen to kickoff. Rule 15, Section 3, Article 9 of the NFL rules book says game administration allows...

It turns out Sunday’s game at AT&T Stadium was not a flip of the coin. Dak Prescott threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns, and the Cowboys rolled to a 44-21 victory over the Rames. Things got off to an inauspicious start for the Cowboys, though, when Walt Anderson heard Prescott say the...

Getty Images Owner Jerry Jones’ fairy tale is alive, if not completely well, after the Cowboys’ 44-21 beat down of the Rams. It ended a three-game losing streak, was their first victory over a team with a winning record and gives Dallas a chance to clinch the NFC East with a win over...

Getty Images Sean Lee did not practice all week with pectoral and thigh injuries. The Cowboys list him as questionable but are encouraged he will play Sunday against the Rams. “We feel good about him being able to play this week,” Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said on 105.3...

Getty Images Week 15 of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Ravens and it continues with 14 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images Running back Todd Gurley has returned to the forefront of the Rams offense in recent weeks and the Rams offense has returned to a level of potency that eluded them for much of the season. That change is a blast from the recent past and quarterback Jared Goff referenced that when...

Getty Images 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman won’t play against the Falcons this week due to a hamstring injury, but the veteran doesn’t expect to be on the sideline for too long. Word this week has been that Sherman is looking at multiple weeks out of action. Sherman is not feeling the same...

Getty Images Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, who has never missed a game due to injury, currently has injuries to both hands. He has a sprained left wrist, and the index finger on his throwing hand is also banged up. Prescott has fully participated in practice on Wednesday and Thursday, with...

Getty Images The NFL has announced this year’s nominees for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award given each year to a player based on their philanthropic and community work. There’s one nominee per team, each of whom will receive a donation of up to $50,000 to a charity of their choice. The...

Getty Images The United States Department of Justice has charged 10 former NFL players with defrauding a health care program for retired players. Former Washington and Denver running back Clinton Portis is among those who have been charged. He is joined by Carlos Rogers, Robert McCune, John...

Getty Images The Cowboys look like they will have starting safety Jeff Heath and backup running back Tony Pollard on Sunday against the Rams. Both were full participants in Thursday’s practice after being limited Wednesday. Heath missed last week’s loss to the Bears with injuries to both...

Getty Images Expanded replay for pass interference was supposed to fix a problem. But while trying to right the wrong from the NFC Championship Game last January, the NFL arguably made things worse not better. Sunday offered another week, another controversy. Or two. Or three. Al Riveron, the...

Getty Images Dak Prescott injured his left hand and his right hand during last Thursday’s loss to the Bears. The Cowboys listed him on their injury report, but the quarterback was a full participant. The Cowboys had a long report, but only linebackers Leighton Vander Esch (neck) and Sean Lee...

Getty Images Ezekiel Elliott has his third 1,000-yard season in four seasons. The only season he didn’t reach the milestone was 2017 when he ran for 983 yards in 10 games, missing six games while serving a suspension. He has 264 carries for 1,071 yards this season, putting him on pace for the...

Getty Images Cowboys owner Jerry Jones hired Jason Garrett for a then-unknown position in 2007 before he hired Wade Phillips as head coach. Garrett, who became offensive coordinator, replaced Phillips as head coach in the middle of the 2010 season. Garrett has coached the Cowboys since. Oh...

Getty Images Rams quarterback Jared Goff, the first overall pick in 2016, has a contract with a new-money average of $33.5 million per year. Will he be surprised if 2016 fourth-rounder Dak Prescott leapfrogs Goff financially? “No, not at all,” Goff told reporters on Wednesday. “He’s a great...

Getty Images The Jaguars announced Tuesday they placed linebacker Jake Ryan and offensive lineman Brandon Thomas on injured reserve. Ryan has a hamstring injury and Thomas a knee injury. Ryan played the past two weeks after being activated from the non-football injury list. Thomas has not...

Getty Images There was no change to the six teams in playoff position in the NFC during Week 14, but there was a change to the way they stack up. The 49ers are back in the top seed by virtue of beating the Saints while the Seahawks stumbled to a loss in Los Angeles. The Packers beat...

Getty Images The Seahawks got two doses of bad news in the first quarter. First, they lost running back Rashaad Penny. Then they watched the Rams walk into the end zone to take the lead. The Rams went up 7-3 after an impressive drive by an offense that hasn’t been quick-starting this year...

Getty Images It took them three months, but the Rams appear to have figured out how to move the ball again. They’re up 21-3 at halftime over the Seahawks, looking nothing like the team that has floundered through most of the season. Jared Goff has thrown for 184 yards and two touchdowns in...