Receiver Roy Williams, running back Felix Jones and safety Gerald Sensabaugh were among the injured players given some extra recovery time after already missing games and should be back today against the Atlanta Falcons.
The Cowboys (3-2) also moved into a second-place tie with the Philadelphia Eagles and gained half a game on the NFC East-leading New York Giants without even playing - all the other division teams lost last weekend while Dallas had its bye.
Now Dallas needs something a little more credible: a win on the field against a good team like, say, the Falcons (4-1).
"We know the urgency is there," Dallas tight end Jason Witten said.
"It's the most important game of the year," said Cowboys coach Wade Phillips, his coachspeak brimming with truth. "Yeah, if we beat that team, I think somebody else will say that's a credible win."
While the Cowboys have a winning record, their victories are against a trio of teams with a combined 3-11 record. They went into their bye week after a 26-20 overtime victory at winless Kansas City, beat then-winless Carolina in Week 3 and opened the season by winning at Tampa Bay, now one of the NFL's three 0-6 teams.
As Cowboys owner Jerry Jones put it, "We've got an opportunity here to really create some, perceived by our fans and by other people, some real credibility if we could come in here and beat the Falcons."
If they lose today to another winning team, like they did against division leaders New York and Denver, the Cowboys will be a pedestrian .500 team capable of going either way after that.
