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A look at a key player from each NFC East team who needs to show something in offseason sessions: Dallas Cowboys: DT Jay Ratliff He missed 10 games in 2012 due to injury. He cursed out the team's owner after a game. He got busted for driving un...

With 20 days to go until the regular-season opener between the Giants and the Cowboys, I have decided to embark on a treacherous quest: To rank the top 20 players in the NFC East -- one per day, in reverse order, with the top player revealed on the d...

Our man Gary Horton listed his top 10 "dynamic duos" in the NFC last week. It's an Insider piece, so all I can really tell you is that Philadelphia Eagles defensive ends Trent Cole and Jason Babin, who combined for 29 sacks last year, ranked secon...

After running the numbers, ESPN.com pro football writer John Clayton arrived at a win total for every team in the division for 2012. Is the figure too high, too low or spot-on? PHILADELPHIA EAGLES: As disappointing as last year's Eagles were, they...

So John Clayton has this piece on the 10 best position battles brewing this summer between rookies and veterans in the NFL. I scrolled through it, thinking it would provide me with some material for a late-Friday afternoon post, and to my shock and d...

We are in the eighth week of NFL free agency, and the position to which it has been most unkind is running back. Due to the ever-increasing emphasis on passing offense and the punishing nature of the running back position, teams see less and less val...

Dallas Cowboys Key additions: CB Brandon Carr, S Brodney Pool, QB Kyle Orton, FB Lawrence Vickers, LB Dan Connor, G Nate Livings, G Mackenzy Bernadeau Key losses: WR Laurent Robinson, TE Martellus Bennett, FB Tony Fiammetta, CB Terence Newman, ...

So I was sitting here on Twitter, trolling for news, answering your questions and getting a kick out of the fact that Justin Tuck was watching (and tweeting about) the same "Big Bang Theory" rerun as me when it occurred to me that it was almost time ...

Dallas Cowboys Key free agents: WR Laurent Robinson, S Abram Elam, LB Keith Brooking, LB Anthony Spencer (franchise) Where they stand: Dallas needs serious help in the secondary and will have to decide whether it wants Elam back at safety while...

With the offseason in full swing, let's take a look at one major question facing each NFC East team as they begin preparations for the 2012 season: DALLAS COWBOYS Do they have too much work to do? It's possible that we expect too much from ...

FALLING 1. Rob Ryan. The Dallas Cowboys' defensive coordinator was a hot name on the head-coaching rumor mill a couple of weeks ago. But lately, Ryan's defense hasn't been able to stop anyone. He seems to blitz when he shouldn't blitz, to not blit...

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 12: Redskins will have to (gulp) throw. The Seattle Seahawks are allowing 100 rushing yards a game (the eighth-lowest figure in the league) and only 3.5 yards a carry (the fourth-best figure in the league). Mea...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Some thoughts on the Philadelphia Eagles' stunning 17-10 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday night at the Meadowlands. What it means: Bad news for the Giants, who drop into a first-place tie in the NFC East with the...

As you get ready for tonight's game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J., here's one reason for Eagles fans to be feeling good and one reason for Giants' fans to be feeling good: Eagles feeling good: Wit...

The day in the NFC East was going pretty much as expected until Eli Manning pulled a rabbit out of his helmet and gave us one of the thrills of the year so far. As has become our custom, we do the links in standings order, starting with Eli and Big B...

The headline injury news of the day in our division is that of New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw, who according to various reports has a broken bone in his foot. Now, Adam Schefter has reported that sources tell him it's not serious and Bra...