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The obvious thing is the emergence of receiver Miles Austin as a playmaker. But there's also a defensive component to the Dallas Cowboys ' surge to the brink of the NFC East lead: the re-emergence of the team's fierce pass rush.

ARLINGTON a 'Dallas hosts Seattle Sunday as the Cowboys try to stretch their modest winning streak to three in a row.

Nine days ago, the Cowboys were a fragile team cursed to play in one of the NFL's toughest divisions.

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

Put a little pressure on a quarterback and a defence can force an incompletion, a sack or an interception.

The Cowboys began preparations for slumping Seattle with their first "Victory Monday" of the season.

The good times roll on for Cowboys multi-millionaire outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware.

The Dallas Cowboys got the day off on Monday as a reward for a convincing conference victory over the Atlanta Falcons in Arlington Sunday.

As a giddy Tony Romo walked up the ramp into the locker room Sunday evening, he looked at a few members of the media and let out one of his trademark wisecracks.

Three-time Pro Bowl linebacker DeMarcus Ware and the Dallas Cowboys have finally agreed on a contract extension.

One of the last players to come off the field Sunday at Cowboys Stadium was a defensive player: DeMarcus Ware .

If the Dallas Cowboys pass rush, a vaunted machine last season, wishes to use week six in order to return to form, they'll have to do so in the face of one of the league's best offensive lines.

Under no circumstances will Wade Phillips be removed as the Cowboys head coach this season, owner Jerry Jones said Thursday morning.

Not a must win, but a better win. The Cowboys almost didn't. But they did. Barely. Confused? Not to worry, these 2009 Dallas Cowboys are a highly confusing team, bordering on schizophrenia.

Having spent a significant portion of his coaching career in the AFC West, Wade Phillips knows that playing at Arrowhead Stadium is never easy for visiting teams, especially ones that don't play there often.

When Haley was receivers coach for the Dallas Cowboys in 2004-05 and Romo was a relatively unknown young player trying to find his way, the two formed a friendship that also seemed to fuel one another's competitive spirit.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley DENVER -- Broncos coach Josh McDaniels could have tied up the game with a 48-yard field goal, but he decided to go for it on fourth-and-1 from the Cowboys' 30-yard line.

In the end, the Dallas Cowboys didn't hold. The Denver Broncos did. That is Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman's view, anyway.

Keith Brooking doesn't appear too disoriented for a guy who never before has called anywhere but Georgia home until now.

Turns out, the inaugural game at Cowboys Stadium was not that big a deal. It just seemed that way with former President George W. Bush tossing the coin and with fireworks exploding over the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history.