Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley
Our four teams are taking the day off , but the Beast never sleeps. Here's the latest news from around the NFC East. We'll have a Giants and Redskins edition later this afternoon:
Cowboys
- Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com has an interesting story on how coach Wade Phillips defended his precious schemes Monday.
- Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com says that Patrick Crayton's on the verge of losing two jobs this week.
- You have to like linebacker Keith Brooking's attitude after the narrow escape in Kansas City.
- Dallas Morning News columnist and "Around the Horn" favorite Tim Cowlishaw offers a retrospective on the Herschel Walker trade -- 20 years later.
- Todd Archer of the DMN says the Cowboys are in search of an identity. Aren't we all, Todd?
- Paul Domowitch offers one more look back at the Bucs-Eagles game. He says that Donovan McNabb played "practically a perfect game."
- Sheil Kapadi of the Moving the Chains blog offers his player-by-player breakdown.
- Bob Brookover of the Inquirer says the Eagles are turning into a balanced team.
- Will Andy Reid figure out what to do with all these weapons? That's what Les Bowen of the Daily News wants to know.
- Interesting nugget at the end of this Leonard Weaver story about how fullbacks around the league are a tight-knit group. I thought that was just kickers and punters.
- Ashley Fox of the Inquirer talks to Bucs cornerback Ronde Barber about how the Giants compare to the Eagles.
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Mosley, an award-winning writer for The Dallas Morning News for seven years, joined ESPN.com in January 2007. Mosley, a Baylor graduate, writes columns, features and blogs for ESPN.com.