NFC Notes: Commanders, Cowboys, Eagles, Giants, Kenny Golladay

Commanders

• According to ESPN’s Nick Wagoner and Tim Keown, multiple league sources believe 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo was the top offseason target for the Commanders until his shoulder surgery nuked his trade market. 
• The Athletic’s Ben Standig reports multiple other teams placed a claim on former Cowboys fifth-round DT John Ridgeway, including the Eagles. He was awarded to Washington.
• As for C Chase Roullier, ESPN’s John Keim reports the Commanders are waiting for the swelling in his knee to go down before getting a second opinion.
• Commanders DT Daniel Wise is undergoing testing, with the team fearing he sustained a high ankle sprain, while S Kam Curl has been cleared to return by team doctors. (Keim)

Cowboys

• The Cowboys hoped to re-sign fifth-round DT John Ridgeway to the practice squad but lost him off waivers to the Commanders. Washington was not the only team to put in a waiver claim on him. (Michael Gehlken)
• Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy refused to put forth a timetable on QB Dak Prescott: “Let’s get the stitches out first.” (Gehlken)
• Cowboys WR Michael Gallup is trending towards a return this week against the Giants: “We’re going to try to give him a full slate this week.”  (Gehlken)
• Gallup is not expected to handle a full workload right off the bat.

Eagles

Eagles QB Jalen Hurts was a weapon on Monday Night Football against the Vikings but was willing to give all the praise to his teammates for his big primetime performance.

“I said it earlier, no man is an island,” Hurts said, via Pro Football Talk. “You have to draw your strength from others. I can’t perform without the other 10 on the field. Same on the other side. They need me to do my job for them to eat. It’s a collective group. It was a big team win. A big-time team win.”

• The Athletic’s Ben Standig reports multiple other teams placed a claim on former Cowboys fifth-round DT John Ridgeway, including the Eagles. He was awarded to Washington. 

Giants

• According to PFN’s Aaron Wilson, the Giants reduced WR Kenny Golladay‘s role in Week 2 to just two snaps basically because they don’t think he’s playing as well as the other receivers, namely David Sills, and they want to run a meritocracy.
• A league source told Wilson that while GM Joe Schoen and HC Brian Daboll can’t cut Golladay just two years into a four-year, $72 million deal, that doesn’t mean they have to play him: “It’s a bad contract, and they inherited Kenny. Brian and Joe aren’t going to just play a guy because he makes a lot of money. He’s not their guy. They’re playing their guys. It is what it is.”
• One source said Golladay’s attitude hasn’t been an issue, this is strictly performance-based: “I haven’t heard anything bad about his attitude. It sounds like it’s a football decision only, nothing personal.”
• Wilson adds Daboll has been Facetiming with free agent receivers and the Giants aren’t content with the production they’re getting from the position right now.