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NFC East News and Rumors

Joe Haden out of practice Thursday after injuring oblique on Wednesday

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Cowboys cornerback Morris Claiborne wants the Browns to throw at him this Sunday. The Browns are hopeful that Joe Haden will be on the field for the Cowboys to attack. The Browns best cornerback missed practice on Thursday after he injured an oblique mu…

CNNSI.com

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh has been sent to the hospital for a "minor procedure" after doctors discovered he had an irregular heartbeat.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The fact that Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant could eventually secure a dismissal of the charges arising from the alleged assault of his mother by completing an anger-management course and staying out of trouble won’t keep him out of trouble with the league…

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

Participate in the Redskins-Eagles social media Tug of War for Sunday afternoon’s game at FedExField and show which fanbase owns the NFC East. You can do your part to win this 12th Man Battle just as the Redskins players will being trying to do on the f…

Matt Loede, cowboysgab.com

The Cowboys are at home Sunday to take on the Cleveland Browns, who are coming off a bye week at 2-7. Dallas played well in Philly Sunday, enough so to get a win and get back in the race in the NFC East after the Giants laid an egg in Cincinnati. “Hey, …

ESPN.com

The firing of Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Juan Castillo a month ago was clearly, even at the time, more about sending a message and doing something than it was about fixing this year's team. Coach Andy Reid felt a season slipping away as i…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Giants gave their players the week off, but there was still activity at the team’s facility this week. Jenny Vrentas of the Newark Star-Ledger reports that the team had a slew of players in for a look while their current players enjoyed some rest an…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Last Sunday wound up as a very good day for the Cowboys, but it wasn’t such a good day for rookie cornerback Morris Claiborne. Claiborne was penalized five times, twice for being offsides, and was beaten for a touchdown pass in the 38-23 victory over th…

ESPN.com

Asking whether the New York Giants can reach the Super Bowl is like asking whether your kid can clean up his room in time for company. You've seen him do it, and it doesn't seem like that long ago, but the way the room looks right now makes it hard to b…

ESPN.com

There are a couple of different ways this season can go from here for the Dallas Cowboys. The first is they could just keep muddling along around .500, surprising us with a great game here and there, losing the occasional game they could clearly win and…

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

The Washington Redskins say coach Mike Shanahan had money and a passport stolen from the locker room during the road game against the Pittsburgh Steelers last month.

ESPN.com

It will cost Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall $30,000 that he excoriated an NFL official during a game against the Steelers last month and got ejected. Hall will not be suspended for his actions, merely deprived the chance to pay cash for a …

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Robert Griffin III made his debut as an NFL captain with typical RG3 flair, wearing mismatched shoes, saying he's "even hungrier" following a few days off and lamenting that he likely won't get to play against Michael Vick on Sunday.

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

The next six weeks will be interesting ones, as they always are, in the NFC East. The Giants lead the Cowboys by a game and a half and the Eagles by 2 1/2.  That’s the good news. The bad news is the Giants have a hellish schedule. The other two teams h…

ESPN.com

You know what dawned on me last night? With the Giants on bye, not one of the NFC East teams that's playing this weekend (a) has a winning record or (b) can possibly have one by this time next week either. Sheesh. Tough times. Links. New York Giants I a…

Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com

Running back DeMarco Murray is getting close to being able to return for the Dallas Cowboys. Murray has missed the Cowboys’ last four games with a sprained foot suffered against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 6. Murray officially did not practice on Wedne…