It’s difficult for any player to live up to a six-year, $54 million contract, but in a sense, Miles Austin already has earned his pay.

It’s that special time of year when NFL players — some sequestered in remote, spartan college dormitories and hemmed in by curfew — must turn to each other for entertainment, typically at the expense of the team’s rookies.

NFL Network analyst Matt Millen, who has as much insight on Roy E. Williams as anyone, says the receiver will be improved in 2010.

Forgive an overstatement of the obvious, but training camp is not fun for players or fantasy football enthusiasts. And you just have to look at the recent injury news to see why.

NFL Network’s Marshall Faulk thinks Dez Bryant sent the wrong message by choosing to defy Roy Williams’ minor rookie hazing.

Cowboys rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant won’t carry Roy Williams’ shoulder pads and, in another strange turn of events, Under Armour won’t be carrying Dez Bryant.

Tom Brady reported to Patriots training camp with the team’s rookies Sunday, according to The Boston Globe. Brady and the Patriots also have begun discussing a contract extension.

Patrick Crayton believes he isn’t being used properly in Dallas. Former Cowboys WR Terrell Owens can commiserate. He has been there.

Cowboys WR Roy Williams has spent a lot of time this offseason discussing his competition, rookie Dez Bryant.

Is Dallas WR Roy Williams ready to show return on the investment Jerry Jones made when he traded for him in 2008? If the Cowboys’ OTA session on Monday is any indication, then maybe so.

Cowboys WR Roy Williams has become almost an afterthought in Dallas in the wake of the team selecting WR Dez Bryant in the first round.

Buccaneers QB coach Alex Van Pelt believes that QB Josh Freeman is making a big improvement going into his second year.

Former first-round draft pick Mike Williams is trying to make something out of his career, hitching on with his former college coach Pete Carroll in Seattle. But Williams knows that he must atone for some of his mistakes. Kind of like a 12-step program for draft busts.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones addressed his crowded receiving corps while appearing on NFL Total Access Friday.

Dez Bryant will have some serious long-term fantasy value as a member of the Dallas Cowboys.