Jay Ratliff News

Forget spoils. Expectations go to NFL victors nowadays, a double-edged parting gift for a job well done.

Since Deion isn't the MVP, then who? a The Dallas Cowboys are 6-2. Your glass of blue Kool-Aid is more half-full than half-empty. Wade Phillips is Coach of the Year, Tony Romo's in the Pro Bowl, Keith Brooking is Badass of the Decade and you've got the Cowboys penciled in for Super Bowl XLIV February 7 in Miami.

Jay Ratliff is awesome. He stuffs the run. He rushes the passer. He's a very big reason your Dallas Cowboys now sit atop the NFC East .

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.

Nose tackle Jay Ratliff was upset at halftime. The Dallas Cowboys led 10-6, but Ratliff was upset by the 70 rushing yards the Philadelphia Eagles had.

Eagles two-time Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters and safety Quintin Demps left Sunday night's game against Dallas with ankle injuries.

Gerald Sensabaugh News: Gerald Sensabaugh fully practiced all week and is expected to start Sunday's game at Philadelphia, according to the Cowboys' official website.

PHILADELPHIA a ' In a new book about the Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, who coached in Philadelphia from 1998-2007, had this little ditty about why the Eagles have been more successful than the Dallas Cowboys over the past decade.

CARLOS MENDEZ The Dallas Cowboys gave up points on the opponent's opening drive, as they did a week ago.

It's been a relatively easy couple of weeks for the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles , as they have ascended to the top of the NFC East standings, cruising past the stumbling New York Giants.

The next two months should be fun for these Dallas Cowboys . They have run off three consecutive victories to move into a first-place tie with the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East.

The Cowboys had no injuries in their game against the Seahawks and heading into their game against the Eagles have only one significant injury.

The Cowboys defense participates in about 65 plays per game. Because of the dual demands placed on Ratliff - middle-clogging nose tackle in the base defense and pass rusher in other alignments - the Cowboys want to limit his plays to the high-40s range.

Nose tackle Jay Ratliff has played like the Pro Bowl player he is. This week, the Dallas Cowboys just hope he plays.

The Cowboys begin a stretch where they play five games in the month of November and open that up with the 2-4 Seattle Seahawks at Cowboys Stadium.

The Dallas Cowboys' best defensive player isn't getting paid enough. Linebacker DeMarcus Ware underpaid? After receiving a six-year, $78 million extension with $40 million guaranteed? No, but nose tackle Jay Ratliff is.

Seahawks at Cowboys TV, radio: Fox, DirecTV , WOAI-AM 1200, KCOR-AM 1350 Line: Cowboys by 9 1/2, O/U 46 Series: Cowboys lead 7-5. Last meeting: Cowboys won 34-9 on Nov.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said Friday that Pro Bowl nose tackle Jay Ratliff injured his right knee during Thursday's practice and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Seahawks .

Marcus Spears was picked nine spots after the Cowboys took DeMarcus Ware in the first round of the 2005 draft.

The Seahawks worked out for about an hour and a half this morning in preparation for the teama s game against Dallas inside the teama s practice facility in Renton.