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GRAPEVINE, Texas - Jason Witten will welcome second-round tight end Gavin Escobar to the Cowboys, just as the eight-time Pro Bowler did with Anthony Fasano and Martellus Bennett. But Witten isn't anywhere near the point of being ready to pass the ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte never gave an explanation of the team's new offense under Marc Trestman, but it's clear he expects to return to form as the multi-dimensional threat he's been in the past. Forte called th...

Welcome to the 2013 version of Insider's offseason staple series: Red Flags. This is the sixth of an eight-part examination in which Football Outsiders identifies the biggest remaining issue for every NFL team, division by division, after the NFL dra...

You don't even have to wait for an invitation, though I do tend to tweet a few out toward the end of the week. You can always submit a question for the Twitter mailbag just by posting it on Twitter with the hashtag #nfceastmail. Once a week I sort th...

That Robin van Persie is a good sort. Having already bagged a shed-full of goals on his way to procuring the Premier League title in his maiden year at Old Trafford, the Dutch striker has done United fans another solid by reneging on the option of sw...

Theo Walcott scored the quickest Premier League goal of the season as Arsenal beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Saturday to provisionally move third.

NFC North teams added dozens of intriguing young players over the weekend. They filled glaring holes and added to already-established strengths. Some areas remain weak, of course, while other selections created new storylines we hadn't anticipated. ...

IRVING, Texas -- What will be different this time that the Cowboys drafted a tight end in the second round to complement perennial Pro Bowler Jason Witten? That's not a rhetorical question. Jerry Jones really pressed Jason Garrett on the issue bef...

IRVING, Texas -- Can Gavin Escobar do what Anthony Fasano and Martellus Bennett couldn't? For the third time since 2006, the Cowboys have selected a tight end in the second round. Fasano was the 53rd overall pick in 2006 but lasted only two sea...

We've tried covering every base with what could happen tonight and this weekend in the draft. So I guess all that's left is to attempt a Giants mock draft from No. 19 to No. 253. ROUND (pick) 1. (19) S Eric Reid, LSU -- The Giants are hopi...

IRVING, Texas - With the 18th pick in the first round, the Cowboys could make their pick sometime around 10 p.m. That's a lot of time to sit around and wait. Throughout the week, the Cowboys have run through every possible scenario so when they ar...

IRVING, Texas - On Tuesday I upset some people when I questioned the philosophy the Cowboys chose in 2011 and '12 to select Tyron Smith and Morris Claiborne. I believe they left too much on the table by not taking a trade with Jacksonville in 2011...

This is the fourth installment in a position-by-position analysis of the Giants as they prepare for the draft: Position: Tight end. Depth chart: Brandon Myers, Bear Pascoe, Adrien Robinson, Larry Donnell, Jamie Childers. The departed: Marte...

ESPNChicago.com continues its daily Bears draft preview series with a look at the tight ends. The acquisition of veteran Martellus Bennett in free agency should have alleviated the need to add a tight end in the upcoming draft, but apparently the ...

Let's review the timeline while we have a moment. In January, general manager Phil Emery admits the Chicago Bears need to improve their mid-range passing game, an area often reserved for tight ends. Hours after the free-agent market opens in Ma...

At times, the Giants' offense was explosive in 2012. Eli Manning and the offense scored 429 points, the second-most in franchise history. But the offense was too inconsistent and it seemed like the points came in bunches. And when the offense des...