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Morning. Hope everyone had a nice weekend. We head now into a relatively dark period for NFL news -- the dead zone between minicamps and training camps, during which time players are away from their teams and apt to make only the wrong kind of news. ...

Sped-up offenses have defenses scrambling for ways to pressure the quarterback, writes John Clayton.

ASHBURN, Va. -- Morning, all. I am headed back over to Redskins minicamp this morning. Assistant coaches talk today, and of course players after practice as usual. Anyone have anything they desperately need me to ask anyone? Anyone want some links? ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The plan early in the offseason was to move Mathias Kiwanuka back to defensive end. With Osi Umenyiora certain to leave in free agency, the Giants were ready to put away Kiwanuka's linebacker duties and return him to his ...

They've already lost long-timer Osi Umenyiora to free agency, and they can't know at this point what they'll get out of Justin Tuck after two down years in a row. So the New York Giants' pass rush didn't need the news Tuesday that Jason Pierre-Paul w...

With Justin Tuck and Jason Pierre-Paul absent from a voluntary OTA last week, Adrian Tracy was elevated to the first team. And Tracy was happy for the opportunity to work with Mathias Kiwanuka as the starting defensive ends in practice last Thurs...

Justin Tuck was standing on the red carpet posing for pictures with celebrities when an old friend gave him a big bear hug. Osi Umenyiora came out to attend Tuck's charity billiards event at Slate last week, and the two quickly caught up and share...

Jason Pierre-Paul underwent back surgery Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. The defensive end underwent a microdiscectomy to repair a herniated disc in his lower back. Dr. Robert Watkins performed the procedure at Marina Del Rey Hospital in Californi...

A look at a player entering a contract year on each NFC East team who must deliver in 2013. Dallas Cowboys: Playing on a one-year franchise player deal for the second season in a row, defensive end Anthony Spencer is key to the Cowboys' transition...

New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin remains irritated at wide receiver Hakeem Nicks, who did not attend a voluntary OTA for the second straight week.

Justin Tuck is entering a contract year in what will likely be the biggest season of his career. Tuck has acknowledged that he needs to play better and has tried different training methods and altered his nutrition. In March, he went to see Tony ...

So, Ohm has an interesting story about New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck, who's trying to get out of this mental funk in which he's spent the last couple of years by going to Tony Robbins seminars that include walking on hot coals: "The game...

How is Justin Tuck preparing for 2013? Walking on hot coals, for starters.

This Friday's links are sorted in order of the populations of the states in which the teams play their home games. Enjoy. Dallas Cowboys Jason Witten will be happy to welcome second-round pick Gavin Escobar as a teammate and fellow Cowboys tigh...

Dwight Freeney would love to play for the Giants, according to his father. "His heart is with ... talking to him, he would love to be with the Giants," Hugh Freeney told Sirius radio's Adam Schein. "But the Giants unfortunately ... doesn't have t...

When Damontre Moore first arrived to the Giants facility last week, the rookie defensive end found a note in his locker stall. The note was from Justin Tuck. The defensive captain had a message for the team's newest quarterback-sacking prospect:...