After everything Ezekiel Elliott has been through off the field the last several months, he badly wanted to keep playing football into January. Reality set in for Elliott and the Cowboys after Sunday’s 6-0 road victory over the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. The team finished the 2017 season with a winning record (9-7), but their hunt to get back to the postseason won’t start for more than nine months. With no playoffs upcoming, the players will clean out their lockers, c

Nebraska quarterback Tanner Lee has declared for the NFL draft. Lee announced his decision Thursday with a post on Twitter. In it he thanked Mike Riley and the previous coaching staff, his teammates and the Nebraska fan base. "I've decided to enter the NFL draft and pursue an opportunity that I feel is the best for myself and my family at this time," Lee wrote in the social media post. He also wished luck to Scott Frost and the new regime, saying "Nebraska is in great hands."

San Diego State’s Rashaad Penny is a well-built running back prospect who also features breakaway speed. Rashaad Penny has had an extremely successful college career. His numbers while at San Diego State are eye-popping and a main part of the team’s success. He has a bright future in the NFL if he can clean up some key parts of his game. Penny’s size and bulk give him the ability to work between the tackles. He does a good job running with authority and fighting through arm t

Speaking something into existence can be a motivational tactic, but this was borderline reckless. Elijhaa Penny is in his second NFL season, and a quadriceps injury to Kerwynn Williams could vault him into a starting role for the first time on Sunday against the Giants. Penny called it a potential “opportunity of a lifetime” this week, but, notably, he didn’t consider it pressure. Pressure is sitting unemployed for a week while your mother beams with pride, believing her son

Oakland Raiders C Rodney Hudson, DE Khalil Mack, G/T Kelechi Osemele and T Donald Penn have been named to the 2018 Pro Bowl, the NFL announced Tuesday. LB NaVorro Bowman, QB Derek Carr, G Gabe Jackson, P Marquette King, RB Marshawn Lynch and WR Cordarrelle Patterson (return specialist) were named as alternates for the annual all-star game, scheduled to be played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 28, 2018. Mack has been selected to his third consecutive Pro Bo

Growing up about 15 miles from St. Louis, Adoree’ Jackson rooted for and dreamed of playing for the Los Angeles Rams. Quarterback Kurt Warner, running back Marshall Faulk, receivers Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt and offensive lineman Orlando Pace were among the Rams players who starred at the Edward Jones Dome and won a Super Bowl during Jackson’s youth. Jackson also played in the stadium — during halftime exhibitions featuring local Pop Warner teams. When he stepped onto the ar

Raiders left tackle Donald Penn, one of the NFL’s most durable linemen over the course of his career, has played his final snap this season. Penn will have season-ending surgery on his right foot Wednesday, head coach Jack Del Rio confirmed in his Monday news conference. Penn was hurt in the first quarter of the Raiders’ 20-17 loss to Dallas on Sunday night. Penn has started 170 consecutive regular-season games, the longest active streak among NFL linemen. His streak will end

After sitting out the past six weeks due to his suspension, Ezekiel Elliott is finally eligible to return to the Cowboys and if recent pictures are any indication, he might literally be ready to carry them to the playoffs. According to NFL.com, Elliott spent almost all of his suspension in Cabo, Mexico. Of course, Elliott wasn't there for fun, he was basically there to work out for six straight weeks. Based on photos from NBC, it appears that Elliott might have actually re-en

The Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation hosted 200 elementary school children on Tuesday at FedExField for a special holiday-themed event. Just across from where defensive lineman Jonathan Allen would normally dress for football games inside the FedExField locker room, this year’s first-round pick turned an opened gift into a lasting memory. For one of the lucky 200 local elementary school students that filtered through the team’s overhauled locker room -- decorated and

Marshall Faulk was among the inductees Tuesday night in the Class of 2017 for the College Football Hall of Fame. Earlier in the day, ESPN’s Holly Rowe interviewed Faulk about his college career at San Diego State. ROWE: “(He was) one of those I was fortunate to cover when I was a young reporter starting out. In 1991 to 1993, nobody was better than San Diego State running back Marshall Faulk. He was a three-time first-team All-American, a three-time Heisman finalist and twice