David Buehler News

David Buehler will handle kickoffs for the Dallas Cowboys in Sunday's game with Washington despite a sore right pinky toe that likely will prevent him from covering punts.

With a noon start for Sunday's home game against Washington, Cowboys receiver Roy Williams will return to using a visor on his helmet.

Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips is in the final year of his contract. Owner Jerry Jones has an option for next year, but has chosen to let the season play out before addressing Phillips' future.

Starting free safety Ken Hamlin will miss a few weeks with a high ankle sprain, but the Cowboys also got good news in their secondary Wednesday when starting cornerback Mike Jenkins participated in the full practice.

Seven years after he was a senior honor roll student at Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, Wis., Doug Free is out to prove he can make the grade at right tackle for the Dallas Cowboys.

Alan Ball will make h is first NFL start at free safety Sunday for the Dallas Cowboys in place of the injured Ken Hamlin.

Cowboys rookie kickoff specialist David Buehler won't let an injured right pinky toe keep him out of a critical division game against the Redskins.

Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett on Wednesday defended his one-dimensional play calling in Sunday's 17-7 loss to Green Bay, noting that "game circumstance" dictated he employ a pass-happy attack.

Doug Free and Alan Ball will make the first starts of their careers Sunday against Washington.

Cowboys kicker David Buehler limped into the Valley Ranch facility Monday afternoon carrying a package of X-rays of his left pinkie toe.

Dallas Cowboys starting right tackle Marc Colombo will undergo surgery Monday to repair ligaments on his left ankle after suffering a high ankle sprain in Sunday's loss to the Green Bay Packers .

We already told you about Marc Colombo's surgery today on his torn ligaments in his left ankle and Ken Hamlin's high ankle sprain that could keep him out 2-4 weeks.

Riding the wave of a four-game winning streak, the Cowboys walked into Lambeau Field with eyes towards extending their success.

It's A's and B's for a hot team that's won 4 straight. Sunday, November 15, 2009 Rush offense: B The Cowboys are seventh in the league in rushing, averaging 138 yards per game and 5.1 yards per carry.

EXETER TOWNSHIP, PA: Cowboys in first place, swagger back, confidence high, four-game winning streak, national media shooting them up in the "power rankings." These are all the ingredients of a big fat "cheese" quesadilla.

With little fanfare, the Dallas Cowboys have become the NFC's leader in the most important defensive statistic of all: points allowed.

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.

Here we are, in the early stages of November, yet all week long we're going to hear and read about Dec.

When the Cowboys run Averaging 147.6 yards a game on the ground, the Cowboys are ranked sixth in the NFL but haven't had a running back have a 100-yard game since Week 2. Philadelphia hasn't allowed a rusher to have more than 87 yards in a game this year, but they have shown a tendency to wear down.

IRVING, Texas a ' Wade Phillips hired hard-driving assistant coach Joe DeCamillis to clean up the Dallas Cowboys' underachieving special-teams units.