NFC East News and Rumors

Cowboys' Morris Claiborne is in a hurry

ESPN.com

The Dallas Cowboys drafted Morris Claiborne with the knowledge that he was recovering from wrist surgery and the understanding that he wouldn't be on the practice field before July. But to hear Claiborne tell it, June may well be a possibility. Per Todd…

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN.com

New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora has apologized to women he offended with his "Happy Mother's Day" wish to LeSean McCoy on Sunday.

Chris Chase, yahoo.com

"We wanted something a little more modest," New York Giants captain Zak DeOssie said of the team's Tiffany diamond and sapphire encrusted Super Bowl XLVI rings, which players received in a private ceremony in Manhattan on Wednesday night. Just…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Last night, we posted a snippet from Redskins coach Mike Shanahan’s appearance on PFT Live regarding his lack of interest in participating in Hard Knocks.  And then, as we always do, we posted the link to the story on the PFT Twitter account. And then,…

ESPN.com

The 2011 season was not the most, well, beastly season in NFC East history. It was the first time in a full, 16-game season that no team in the division won at least 10 games, and for much of the year the talk around the division was that it wasn't what…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Redskins signed five of their nine draft picks a while back and now they’re starting to whittle down the list of remaining players. On Thursday, the team announced that they have agreed to a four-year contract with linebacker Keenan Robinson. Robins…

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

It's been a busy week for New York Giants defensive lineman Justin Tuck. On Thursday, he picked up the second Super Bowl ring of his career -- and the night before, he was in New York City at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, for a screening of …

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins is in the unfortunate position of being drafted by a team that tells him he has no opportunity to earn a starting job, because that job is going to someone who was drafted 100 picks before him, Robert Griffin III. But C…

ESPN.com

Oh, man, do we have links. They're mid-May links, so they may not be the tastiest or juiciest links we have all year. But they are links nonetheless, and they're piping hot and ready for you on what looks to be a glorious Thursday morning. Enjoy. Dallas…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

We noted this week that some old teammates of former Giants kicker Matt Bahr said the biggest field goal of his career came while he was playing through concussion symptoms. Now Bahr has weighed in on that, saying that when he played in the 1980s and 19…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The last time Giants coach Tom Coughlin led the franchise to a Super Bowl win, he had a new contract by early March.  This time around, a new deal has not yet arrived, even though it’s more than two months since five minutes before the moment he got hi…