1:28 p.m. – Jerry Jones was hopeful the Cowboys would have had a better record at the bye than 4-3. But he still believes they can be contenders in the NFC.

"I think that we have the potential," the Cowboys owner/GM said Tuesday morning on 105.3 The Fan. "I don't think the way that we have played so far will get us there, on balance, the good and the bad.

"But I think that where we are with our health and where we are with how we can play as you go through the position groups, as you go through what we've put together relative to how we're going to play defense, our strategies, and just our approach, and I look at the competition – yeah, I think we've got a chance to get to the playoffs and if we do and we're healthy I think we've got a chance to advance."