Cowboy's stand outs in 1st day of camp

Jul 31, 2009

Despite a fumble, Cowboys RB Marion Barber was one of the players who stood out in the eyes of Wade Phillips on the first day of pads. The others included TEs Jason Witten and Martellus Bennett, nose tackle Jay Ratliff and LB DeMarcus Ware, who had 3 sacks in the morning practice alone.

Barber looked strong, quick and powerful, according to Phillips and seemingly focused on bouncing back from an injury-plagued season in 2008.

Phillips said Barber is benefiting from a full off-season program for the first time in two years. Last year, Barber spent time in Miami with agent Drew Rosenhaus in the midst of a contract dispute.

"It’s my own opinion, but him being out last year hurt him some," Phillips said. "I haven’t seen a guy have a great year that wasn’t in the program. Now that doesn’t mean they can’t go off and have a great year, but that’s what I’ve seen so far."

Fantasy Impact:

today

Buccaneers WR Mike Evans practices for second straight day

Greg Auman

0 minutes ago

Cooler weather for Bucs practice today -- Wirfs and Evans practicing again. Still no Zyon McCollum, but Troy Hill and Greg Gaines were practicing today.

Related Players: Sterling Shepard, Jalen McMillan, Trey Palmer

Fantasy Impact:

Fantastic news for fantasy managers hanging on to Mike Evans: he should be considered a WR1 option immediately.

yesterday

49ers TE George Kittle "good to go" for Week 12

KNBR

yesterday · 5:34 PM EST

“I will be playing on Sunday. Very excited, can’t pass up playing the Packers. I will be out there for sure.”

George Kittle says he’s good to go for Sunday

Related Players: Eric Saubert

Fantasy Impact:

Kittle returns to a great matchup against a Packers defense that ranks 26th in TE aFPA. He should be fired up as a high-end TE1 once again.

Bears RB D'Andre Swift misses Wednesday practice

Kevin Fishbain

yesterday · 1:29 PM EST

Per Bears head coach Matt Eberflus: Ryan Bates remains in the concussion protocol. Elijah Hicks (ankle) and D'Andre Swift (groin) won't practice.

Teven Jenkins will be limited.

Related Players: Roschon Johnson, Travis Homer

Fantasy Impact:

This is definitely a situation to keep an eye on, as Johnson would have a huge workload if Swift were to miss Week 12. Homer has three rush attempts and zero targets on the year.