The preseason scoreboard read Rams 31, Cowboys 21, but the real story from the night was less about a final number and more about what the game revealed — and what a single Herald Journal photograph amplified — about depth, injury risk, and narrative framing during live NFL auditions.
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The image and brief caption that ran with The Herald Journal’s “Ravens Cowboys Football” item do more than illustrate a single play—they crystallize a preseason narrative that, taken alone, can mislead as often as it informs; careful inspection of the accompanying facts, verified box-score...