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4 Days Dallas Cowboys Comment

Cowboys CB Morris Claiborne has bulked up from 185 pounds to 193 this offseason.

"You have to be ready to tackle when the opportunity presents itself, so with me putting on a couple of pounds and getting more physical and being in the weight room I think is going to help a lot," Claiborne said. DBs coach Jerome Henderson agrees. "There were times last year when he wasn't strong enough to execute a certain technique, so he's had to get stronger to do that and he's done the work to do that."

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4 Months Dallas Cowboys Comment

Cowboys CB Morris Claiborne is "feeling great" physically, and won't require any offseason surgeries coming off a rookie campaign that featured a number of minor injuries.

Claiborne underwent pre-draft wrist surgery before suffering a "minor" MCL sprain in camp. His knee acted up mid-season, but Claiborne ended up appearing in 15 of 16 games despite also suffering a concussion and ankle injury. A healthy offseason could do wonders for a player coming off a decidedly mixed rookie campaign.

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5 Months Dallas Cowboys Comment

Cowboys rookie CB Morris Claiborne says he's passed all of his concussion tests and expects to play in Week 16 against the Saints.

"I'm feeling good," said Claiborne, who missed Sunday's win over the Steelers. Through 13 starts, Claiborne has 40 tackles and one interception. Pro Football Focus has graded Claiborne as the sixth best rookie cover corner in the NFL this season. PFF has Casey Hayward (GB), Alfonzo Dennard (NE), Stephon Gilmore (BUF), Mike Harris (JAX), and Jonte Green (DET) rated ahead of Claiborne.

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5 Months Dallas Cowboys Comment

Cowboys first-round rookie CB Morris Claiborne (concussion) will not play on Sunday against the Steelers.

Claiborne hasn't passed his concussion tests after suffering a head injury in last week's win over the Bengals. Mike Jenkins will start opposite Brandon Carr with Sterling Moore handling nickle duties.

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6 Months Dallas Cowboys Comment

Cowboys rookie CB Morris Claiborne was stretchered off the field in the third quarter Sunday after an apparent facial injury.

Claiborne appeared to break his nose on a third-quarter pass coverage play. He did ultimately walk to the locker room, but his return is in doubt. The Cowboys have become one of the NFL's most injury-laden teams since midseason.

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6 Months Dallas Cowboys Comment

Cowboys rookie CB Morris Claiborne was flagged for five penalties in the Week 10 win over the Eagles.

Opponents are attacking Claiborne and avoiding Brandon Carr. The No. 6 overall pick has been thrown at 39 times this season, giving up 24 catches for 306 yards and four touchdowns. He does have six pass breakups and one interception. "I'm going to keep playing football," Claiborne said. "I've just got to correct a couple of things."

The Feeding Frenzy - Week 11 Trade Bait (fantasysharks.com)

6 Months Morris Claiborne DB DAL, Hakeem Nicks WR NYG, Victor Cruz WR NYG Comment

As trade deadlines in a lot of fantasy leagues loom, the time to make deals is running out. I've made The Feeding Frenzy primarily a column about trading this season because I thought that was an interesting aspect of fantasy football that isn't always talked about, but after this week I'll be broadening my focus a little to keep things appealing for fantasy owners.

For those leagues that don't have trade deadlines, I'll still discuss possible deals but the column will be more about which players to target overall, instead of which ones to trade for and try and unload, specifically. That way the column has a little something for everyone. Hopefully you have found the topic of discussing trades useful this season.

Here are the players I'm advising to buy low and sell high on after Week 10.

Buy Low

Victor Cruz, WR, New York Giants -- The Giants head into their bye week in shambles. There are reports of Eli Manning having a dead arm and his favorite receiver has totaled just 10 receptions in the last three games. You know what that means to me, right? Obviously it means go out and trade for Victor Cruz.

In the NFL, most teams go through stretches throughout the season. There are bad stretches and good stretches. I'm a Dallas Cowboys' fan who lives in Upstate New York, and these misguided Giants followers who surround me forget that even though the franchise has won two Super Bowls in five years, they barely even made the playoffs both seasons. It's not like the Giants are winning 14 games a year, so this is just business as usual for them.

I don't know what's going on with Manning, but, in my opinion, he's one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. I have to believe he'll turn things around soon. One factor that may help is the Giants' upcoming schedule. After New York's bye they play Green Bay, Washington and New Orleans. If your passing game can't right itself against those three defenses, it's going to be a long year.

The other reason I would advise getting Cruz right now is because Hakeem Nicks finally looks to be healthy. Cruz has been facing all kinds of double and triple coverage in recent weeks because Nicks was having trouble getting off the line. I know against Dallas, the Cowboys basically singled covered Nicks with rookie corner Morris Claiborne most of the time and used two or three guys to bracket Cruz. Now with Nicks returning to form, defenses won't be able to get away with that.

I may not like the Giants, but I...