Dallas Cowboys' Phillips learned from Mile High lows

     Wade Phillips returns to Denver this weekend, where he made his debut as an NFL head coach 16 seasons ago. He recalls his two-year stint and .500 record with the Broncos as a valuable learning experience. He learned not to get too comfortable in his chair.

Dallas Cowboys' Romo could learn from Broncos QB Orton
     Tony Romo's wild vacillations in performance - a Hall of Fame 140.6 quarterback rating in the opener, an awful 29.6 against the Giants, a competent 89.8 vs. Carolina - has some critics wishing for consistency ... perhaps like Denver 'game manager' Kyle Orton, writes Kevin Sherrington.

Cowboys Face Brian Dawkins One More Time

     For 13 seasons the Cowboys knew they were going to have to deal with Brian Dawkins twice a year when he was with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Though Dawkins, now 35, might have lost a step, he's still quite a player, and a guy who knows as well as anyone how to win games against the Cowboys. His last home victory with the Eagles was that 44-6 shelacking the the season finale last year.

Dawkins had six tackles, a sack and two forced fumbles that afternoon. The guy can still get it done, and the Cowboys know he's a player they'll have to deal with, even if it might be the last time they see him.

"I think we've got a tremendous amount of respect for him," Jason Witten said. "You go against him, you feel like you're pretty familiar with the kind of player he is, I'm sure he feels the same way about me, but it just seems like he continues to play at a really high level and I really haven't seen any kind of a drop off."

After 24 games against the Cowboys as an Eagle, Witten said it will be strange to see him in another uniform.

"You're so used to him one certain way," Witten said. "But he's still the same player, the tenacity he plays with, it's amazing to me how much he brings to that defense and how much everything feeds off of him."