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Giants sign WR James Washington to practice squad

The New York Giants have signed wide receiver James Washington, a 2018 second-round pick, to their practice squad.

The New York Giants held tryouts in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Tuesday and those will lead to at least one new addition.

Wide receiver James Washington has been signed to the team’s practice squad.

The 5-foot-11, 216-pound Washington was originally a second-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2018 NFL draft. He spent his first four seasons with the team before joining the Dallas Cowboys this past offseason.

Washington suffered a broken foot in training camp and was on IR for most of the season. Dallas activated him in early December before waiving him last week.

In 62 career games (25 starts), Washington has hauled in 114 receptions for 1,629 yards and 11 touchdowns.

In addition to Washington, the Giants also worked out wide receiver Adam Humphries and quarterback Nathan Rourke.

Finally, the Giants signed offensive lineman Solomon Kindley from their practice squad to a Reserve/Futures deal.

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Giants work out James Washington, Adam Humphries

The New York Giants worked out a trio of players on Tuesday, including wide receivers James Washington and Adam Humphries.

The New York Giants held tryouts for a trio of players on Tuesday, including a pair of wide receivers: James Washington and Adam Humphries.

The 5-foot-11, 216-pound Washington was originally a second-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2018 NFL draft. He spent his first four seasons with the team before joining the Dallas Cowboys this past offseason.

Washington suffered a broken foot in training camp and was on IR for most of the season. Dallas activated him in early December before waiving him last week.

In 62 career games (25 starts), Washington has hauled in 114 receptions for 1,629 yards and 11 touchdowns.

The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Humphries signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted rookie free agent back in 2015. After four seasons with the Bucs, he spent two years with the Tennessee Titans and played for the Washington Commanders in 2021.

Tuesday marked the second time this season the Giants worked out Humphries.

In 96 career games (36 starts), Humphries has hauled in 320 receptions for 3,314 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Finally, the Giants also hosted quarterback Nathan Rourke for a tryout. It’s the second time they have hosted Rourke, who tried out as a wide receiver last year.

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Cowboys to cut only WR they signed during free agency

James Washington was signed to play a big role in the Dallas passing attack; he leaves having recorded 0 catches on 1 target in 2 games. | From @ToddBrock24f7

The real-life cowboy barely got a chance to saddle up with America’s Team. Now he’s already leaving the ranch.

Wide receiver James Washington is being cut by the Cowboys, as per a Wednesday tweet from NFL insider Ian Rapoport, who cited a source. The 26-year-old was signed in March and was expected to play a large role in the Dallas passing attack this season after the Amari Cooper trade.

But a training camp foot fracture landed him on injured reserve to start the season; he was not made active until Dec. 10. He made his 2022 debut in the team’s Week 14 game versus Houston and also played in the Week 15 loss to Jacksonville. He had been a healthy scratch the past two games.

Washington played a total of 15 snaps for the Cowboys. He did not record a catch and was targeted with one pass.

The 2018 second-round draft pick and Texas native spent his first four pro seasons in Pittsburgh after an All-American career as an Oklahoma State Cowboy. After signing a one-year deal with his favorite childhood team, Washington missed his first media call with Cowboys reporters… because an unexpected delivery of hay showed up at his 40-acre ranch near Abilene.

It seemed like a match that was destined to be.

But the signing of T.Y. Hilton just two days after Washington was made active left both in unfamiliar territory as the team appeared to let the veterans battle for playing time and looks from Dak Prescott.

Hilton clearly won that showdown, with a highlight-reel 52-yard catch to convert a critical 3rd-and-30 in his Dallas debut and another four receptions- three of them for first downs- versus Tennessee.

Washington will now head to waivers and look to latch on with another club.

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Cowboys activate practice window for WR James Washington

Washington has missed 17 weeks after being expected to miss 6-10. The Cowboys will have 21 days to decide if he plays in 2022. | From @ToddBrock24f7

The Cowboys may soon have some late-season help at wide receiver.

But no, it’s not Odell Beckham Jr.

The team has officially activated the 21-day practice window for James Washington, as first previewed by NFL insider Ian Rapoport. Washington suffered a foot fracture on Aug. 1, during in the first week of training camp and less than four months after first signing with Dallas in free agency.

Washington had surgery to repair the break; the expected timeline then for his recovery was six to ten weeks. Instead, it’s been 17.

When asked about his readiness, team owner Jerry Jones told a radio audience on Tuesday that Washington has a “good chance to be joining us here real soon.”

Designating Washington for return from injured reserve gives the Cowboys three full weeks to evaluate the 26-year-old’s progress in a practice setting. They can promote him to the active roster at any point during that span and set him up for his Cowboys debut.

Of course, it also gives the front office time to see how a planned meeting with the aforementioned three-time Pro Bowler Beckham goes. The Cowboys could add one, both, or neither player to their passing attack as they prep for a run toward the postseason.

A former second-round pick out of Oklahoma State, Washington caught 114 passes for 1,629 yards and 11 touchdowns in four season with Pittsburgh.

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Cowboys move Tyron Smith, James Washington to IR; re-sign two specialists

The expected moves mean both players may return as soon as Week 5; Jake McQuaide and C.J. Goodwin took their spots on the 53-man roster. | From @ToddBrock24f7

As planned, Tyron Smith’s and James Washington’s time on the Cowboys’ active 53-man roster lasted just one day.

The left tackle and wide receiver were placed on injured reserve Wednesday, according to the team, 24 hours after being listed on the team’s initial roster. League rules dictate that only players on the initial active roster may return during the course of the season, and the Cowboys hope to have both Smith and Washington back at some point.

The move to short-term IR means both players will miss a minimum of four games.

Washington broke his foot early in camp, but could potentially be back as early as Week 5. Smith suffered an avulsion fracture of the knee and required surgery last week to repair the damage. It is thought he will be lost until at least December.

To fill their spots on the active roster, the Cowboys officially re-signed long snapper Jake McQuaide and special teamer/cornerback C.J. Goodwin. Both veterans had to be technically released Tuesday in anticipation of the personnel shuffle and were not exposed to Wednesday’s round of waiver transactions.

Both McQuaide and Goodwin rejoined the team in time for Wednesday’s practice session.

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Fantasy football training camp roundup: July 29-Aug. 2

The most important fantasy football news updates from camp.

Too busy to sift through all of the news from NFL training camps? Here’s a spin around the league for a look at the most notable fantasy football news through Tuesday, Aug. 2.

Cowboys WR James Washington out 6-10 weeks with right foot fracture

The Cowboys wide receiver room suffered a key setback with James Washington officially being ruled out for a while by the club. | From @CDBurnett7

Following a scare with wide receiver CeeDee Lamb on Saturday that turned out to be nothing but a veteran day for the third-year receiver, bad luck struck the Cowboys’ receiving corps on Monday. The group was already thin but signing USFL MVP KaVontae Turpin helped numb the issue for the time being as training camp got rolling.

During the first training camp practice in pads though, wide receiver James Washington went down Monday, after trying to bring down a heavily contested throw against cornerback Trevon Diggs. It appeared Diggs partially landed on Washington’s right foot and the former Steeler was unable to put any weight on it before the medical staff carted him off the field. The injury will keep Washington off the field through at least the start of the regular season.

The wide receiver room that was already stretched thin is running out of names with real experience. Washington at least has four years of experience in Pittsburgh but that luxury is now gone for a couple months.

Lamb will have to carry the load for quarterback Dak Prescott in the absence of Washington with Michael Gallup’s return still a ways away for Dallas.

Beyond Lamb, it’s wide receivers Noah Brown and Simi Fehoko who are expected to pick up the slack but the Cowboys are in desperate need of more weapons considering Lamb and Brown are the only two receivers on the roster with an NFL reception. Luckily, there’s plenty of talent in the free agent market for Dallas to bring in that could be an immediate solution to their woes, and help boost the unit at full strength.

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Cowboys WR James Washington suffers possible Jones fracture in foot

The Cowboys top offensive free agent will likely miss extended time after a foot injury during the first padded practice.

The Dallas Cowboys were surprisingly thin with NFL experience when they entered 2022 training camp. On Day 1 of practice without pads, free agent signing James Washington left for a while with an apparent shoulder injury that turned out to be nothing. There was a brief moment of breath holding on Friday when star receiver CeeDee Lamb missed team drills, that turned out to be a rest move, but the warning bells were rung.

On Monday, during the first padded practice, Dallas did indeed suffer a major injury their likely least-deep position, as Washington was carted off the field with a foot injury. It appears he has suffered a Jones fracture, an injury that will leave him on the shelf for two-to-three months.

A Jones fracture is a fracture of the bone on the pinky toe side of your foot, the fifth metatarsal bone. It is often treated by having a screw surgically installed in the bone, which is normally left there unless it becomes irritating.

Cowboys WR Dez Bryant suffered a similar injury in 2015. He injured his foot Week 1 against the New York Giants and returned to the lineup in Week 8.

The Cowboys are five weeks away from their first regular season game of the year, September 11 when they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Cowboys signed Washington from Pittsburgh in hopes he could come in and mitigate the loss of former No. 1 receiver Amari Cooper, who was shipped off to Cleveland. Dallas also lost Cedrick Wilson to free agency and is waiting for Michael Gallup to return from a late-season ACL tear.

Washington was competing with third-round rookie Jalen Tolbert to start opposite Lamb until Gallup returns. Now, younger WRs such as Simi Fehoko and T.J. Vasher will get an increased opportunity to showcase their abilities alongside veteran backup Noah Brown.

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3 Cowboys who have to step up with Gallup missing from passing game

The Dallas Cowboys will be without Michael Gallup early in the year and there are some options to have an expanded role in the passing game. | From @BenGrimaldi

The Dallas Cowboys had one of the best offenses in the NFL last season, finishing first in total yards and points scored. Soaring to the top of the offensive leaderboard was spurred by quarterback Dak Prescott’s return after a gruesome ankle injury ended his 2020 season.

Prescott helped turn around a passing game that churned out 282.4 yards a game, ranking second in the league. For a unit that likes to run the ball more than most teams, that’s an impressive feat by the Cowboys.

It also helped that Dallas had one of the best receiving groups in the game. Wide receivers Amari Cooper, CeeDee Lamb and Michael Gallup were meant to be an elite trio, but Gallup’s injuries paved the way for a bigger role from Cedrick Wilson, who cashed in with a career year. Add in Dalton Schultz’s stellar season at tight end and it’s easy to see why the offense was so successful through the air.

Much of that has changed heading into the new season. Cooper, who commanded the constant attention of defenses, is gone, as is Wilson. Lamb is now the the No. 1 WR in Dallas, but Gallup suffered a torn ACL injury in December and his status for the first part of the season is unknown. No Cooper or Gallup, at least for the early part of the schedule, means the offense is missing two 1,000-yard-capable receivers.

That leaves just Lamb and Schultz as familiar options in the passing game. The Cowboys need players to step up until Gallup is ready to return to full capacity, which might be later than his return to the field of play. Here are some of the options that could be a big part of the aerial attack early on in the season.

Cowboys already depleted at WR in 2nd practice session

James Washington was in a walking boot Wednesday and Jalen Tolbert spent the session working off to the side with the team’s rehab staff. | From @ToddBrock24f7

The Cowboys’ 2022 season opener is still over 100 days away, but there’s already cause for (mild) concern at a key position, at least based on what was seen during the very first OTA session of the year open to media observers.

The team on Wednesday was at well less than 100 percent with its receiving corps, a group that was already thin with the offseason trade of Amari Cooper and departure of Cedrick Wilson.

Several Cowboys reporters in attendance at The Star in Frisco noted that the Dallas offense was without free agent signee James Washington and that draft pickup Jalen Tolbert was working with trainers off to the side. Both players are expected to be heavily involved in the passing game- especially early in the season, given the status of veteran Michael Gallup as he rehabs from an ACL procedure undergone in February.

Washington, the fifth-year man signed in March, was seen in a walking boot on his left foot and did not practice with the team on Wednesday. That came as something of a surprise to observers, as the 26-year-old came to Dallas from Pittsburgh without any known injuries.

Washington himself shed some light on the situation following practice.

“I really just went home one night after working out and it didn’t feel quite right,” he said. “It’s nothing serious. More precautionary. I’m sure I’ll be back next week.”

Tolbert, the Cowboys’ third-round selection out of South Alabama, was also held out of team drills. He was seen working on resistance cords with director of rehabilitation Britt Brown.

It’s not known what issue Tolbert might be working through; he was making leaping grabs in a full-action photo shoot for card/memorabilia company Panini America last week and was spotted as recently as Tuesday night at Game 4 of the NBA conference finals between the Warriors and Mavericks.

CeeDee Lamb, Simi Fehoko, Noah Brown, and T.J. Vasher were said to have been getting a lot of reps at receiver on Wednesday. The offense also took the opportunity to run a good deal of plays out of “20 personnel” with both Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard.

Pollard was even lined up as the slot receiver in the very first drill of the day.

Wednesday’s voluntary session was the second of eight OTA practices and the first that was open to the media. Work is scheduled to resume June 1-2.

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