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Giants, Chargers and Saints, oh my. "No question we have a lot of tough games coming up," receiver Roy Williams said.

It probably would be a waste of time next week for Eli Manning and the rest of the New York Giants' offense to study video from their Week 2 performance against the Dallas Cowboys.

For the most part, the Dallas Cowboys locker room was a happy place on Thursday afternoon.

Greg Ellis' homecoming had a dismal ending on Thursday. Ellis stayed on the bench during the second half of Oakland's 24-7 loss to the Cowboys because of swelling in the right leg.

With the league's Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire if no new deal is reached by March, players in their fourth or fifth season who normally would have been able to hit the market as unrestricted free agents now would be restricted free agents, far less able to command money on the open market.

Human nature, it seems, would be to spend all week talking about the things that didn't go right in the Cowboys' 7-6 win over Washington.

Defensive end Marcus Spears lounged on a couch in the middle of the Dallas Cowboys locker room, his right leg draped over the side.

Cowboys coach Wade Phillips got testy with reporters on Monday when asked about the sideline spat between cornerback Terence Newman and secondary coach Dave Campo.

The ball was literally floating up there. It must've been in the air for an hour.

Green Bay Packers tight end Spencer Havner has been fined $5,000 for a late hit out of bounds during last week's 17-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

The defensive line shift that allowed the Cowboys to make their big fourth-and-one stop in Sunday night's 20-16 win over Philadelphia was a product of thorough scouting.

The Dallas Cowboys defensive line started coming together years ago, even before some of the current players had arrived.

This game meant everything to the Dallas Cowboys . The last time they visited this city, their season was destroyed.

Cowboys coach Wade Phillips had a different perspective than Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb on the key fourth-and-one play in the fourth quarter.

This time, the players didn't trudge off the field with their heads hanging, ashamed of their performance, as they did after last season's debacle at Lincoln Financial Field.

Cowboys DT Jay Ratliff was added to the team's injury report Friday with a knee injury that kept him out of practice.

GIL LeBRETON ARLINGTON - They found it in Kansas City, linebacker Bradie James says.

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

If the Dallas Cowboys suddenly hot pass rush is to tear apart the Seattle Seahawks offensive line goulash, which seems to be a popular prediction going into Sunday's game, they will have to do so without a key component.

Keith Brooking slept in, enjoyed the final few hours of a visit by his brother, then went to Dallas Cowboys headquarters during the afternoon of his "Victory Monday," an extra day off players received as a reward for beating the Atlanta Falcons.