Sunrise in the NFC East: The Division's Top Links on June 19, 2012

Welcome to June 19 on the Bleacher Report NFC East blog. Some fun stuff on tap for today, which is often the case in this time of speculation and excitement. Let's kick it off with the top links from around the division.

Dallas Cowboys

LaDainian Tomlinson's retirement has Josh Ellis of DallasCowboys.com asking if Emmitt Smith's career rushing yards record is unbreakable. Who knows what type of phase the NFL will enter next, but in this era, I can't see anyone coming close to Smith.

ESPN analyst Matt Williamson predicts that in 2015, Tyron Smith will be the second-best offensive lineman in the game (behind only Jake Long). It's an Insider piece, so here's some of what M-dub had to say about Smith:

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I was tempted to put Smith at the top spot on this list, but after only seeing one season (on the right side), I felt like Long was the safer choice for three years down the road. Smith didn't even play left tackle in college, as that job belonged to Matt Kalil at USC. But Smith was a special player as a rookie with remarkable movement skills, leverage and the ability to recover once beaten.

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New York Giants

Perry Fewell has a plan in place in case Terrell Thomas isn't ready to go in time for training camp, according to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN New York.

LaDainian Tomlinson will likely join Lawrence Taylor in the Pro Football Hall of Fame soon. So, who is the real L.T.? NFL.com's Jason Smith breaks it down.

Philadelphia Eagles

In Sheil Kapadia's latest numbers blog, he breaks down Philly's 2011 struggles in the fourth quarter. The Eagles lost five games in which they led to start the fourth quarter, and they were outscored 60-3 in said cases.

Lincoln Financial Field is only 10 years old, but it looks as though it's about to get a makeover.

Dave Spadaro of the team's official website breaks down what we should expect from the Eagles' rookies in 2012.

Washington Redskins

The deal to keep training camp in Virginia is now creating political strife at the state level. 

Right when it appears the Redskins have themselves a stud left tackle, Rich Tandler and Jason Cole are wondering if the importance of left tackles is decreasing. Interesting stuff. Tandler thinks that Robert Griffin III could be just the kind of quarterback who's helping to cause this effect.