The window gets shorter and shorter every single year.
But for now at least, there is still a time when the NFL shuts down.
A brief quiet period descends in mid-June and lasts till mid-July, when the league’s vast media machine takes a breather, puts on its Out Of Office notice and goes sailing with Billy Belichick.
Yet even during the NFL’s summer siesta, news — like life — happens.
(But hey, no arrests for a change!... yet.)
Here are some of the (not-really) big stories around the NFC East this week:
The news in Dallas remains focused on the Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper contract negotiations.