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Thank goodness for Redskins week at Valley Ranch. Little Danny Snyder's operation provides a stark reminder of what happens when arrogance and incompetence collide.

The former 'Saturday Night Live' star - in town to perform his one-man show '700 Sundays' at the AT and T Performing Arts Centers' Winspear Opera House - joined players including DeMarcus Ware and Jason Witten for the Cowboys annual day of service at The Salvation Army's Carr P. Collins Social Service Center in Dallas.

Cowboys tight end Jason Witten is caught in a sudden flurry of penalties. Witten has been called for three penalties - two for pass interference, one for a false start - in the last two games.

Four weeks ago, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones identified offensive line depth and safety as his biggest concerns.

Count to three. Now stop. Follow these instructions, and you too can call rushing plays for the Cowboys in the second half.

FIRST QUARTERThe Cowboys were in control in the first quarter. They had the ball in Green Bay territory twice, but they ended up with nothing to show for it.

Despite having been sacked a league-high 37 times, Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has been more than efficient, completing 63.1 percent of his passes.

Well, well, maybe just maybe this Dallas Cowboys football team does have some intestinal fortitude.

IRVING, Texas a ' DeMarcus Ware didn't have a sack in the first four games. He has five in the four games since.

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo can't like the "Mr. November" tag, a back-handed moniker related to his ability to win games at the time of the year when they are less meaningful.

OFFENSE: Not a good followup after dismantling the Giants a week earlier. Players didn't seem to be on the same page all evening and 4-for-12 on third downs won't win any games.

Jason Witten leads the Cowboys with 37 catches, putting him on pace for 85 this season, which would be the third-best total of his career.

Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh created a stir last week with his quote about the Cowboys standing "for everything that is wrong with the NFL" in an excerpt from the book Game Changers: The 50 Greatest Plays in Philadelphia Eagles Football History.

Despite what you might have heard elsewhere, there's a positive vibe in the Cowboys' locker room these days.

Jason Witten is 0-2 in finding a Cowboys fan as part of the NFL's Take a Player to School program.

Same old Dallas Cowboys ? Hardly. passed for 307 yards and one touchdown, a 49-yarder to Miles Austin with 8:04 left, and the defense made a key fourth-down stop to propel the Cowboys into sole possession of the lead at the season's halfway mark with a 20-16 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.

RANDY GALLOWAY PHILADELPHIA - Strange things happened in Tony Romo's football world here Sunday night.For starters, he won in Philly, 20-16. Not the first time, but maybe the most important time in a career that, although brief, is constantly dogged by many doubters.Also consider this:Tony never spotted a wide-open Jason Witten in the end zone, ...

Cowboys receiver Miles Austin has 21 catches for 482 yards and five touchdowns during the team's three-game winning streak.

It's a time-honored cliche to say of a college football player having a big game, "He will play on Sundays." That was always the intent, always the dream of wide receiver Roy Williams.

HAPPY Eagles run the ball effectively, as they have the past few weeks, their offensive players are eager to tell you how much of a difference balance makes, how it pushes defenses back on their heels.