--RB Felix Jones should be ready for the start of the offseason program on Monday. Jones is running and "on schedule" from toe surgery, coach Wade Phillips said.
Jones rushed for 266 yards and scored four touchdowns - three rushing, one on a kickoff return - in six games before injuring a hamstring. He then tore a ligament underneath his left big toe and was lost for the season.
--The Cowboys will open the season on the road, possibly at Denver. The first game at the Cowboys' new stadium in Arlington will be in Week 2.
--The Cowboys showed confidence in receiver Roy Williams when they made the decision to release Terrell Owens.
Williams has done his part by showing up three weeks early for workouts and practicing with quarterback Tony Romo.
"The biggest thing that influenced my decision (to cut Owens) was the ability of Roy Williams being able to develop on the Cowboys the way we want him to develop, and the ability of our young receivers to be what we want them to be and do what Terrell did," owner Jerry Jones said.
Jones also said Miles Austin played a big role in the Cowboys' decision to release Owens. The oft-injured Austin has 18 catches for 354 yards and three scores in three seasons.
"Terrell has the speed; Miles has got the speed," Jones said. "This is the art of the deal, deciding is a player like Miles Austin right there with a Terrell relative to what he can for your offense relative to what he can do; can he be? We know this, if he's close, then you're ahead of the game simply because of where they are in their careers. I certainly think that he has a chance to be, or I would have never have (released) Terrell."
--All charges against Cowboys linebacker Anthony Spencer in Indianapolis have been dropped, Jerry Jones said. Spencer is not expected to face NFL discipline.
He was arrested in January on charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct outside a bar.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "Basically, the theory of the defense and how we play things, all our pass coverages, our fronts, our rushes, our blitzes, all those things, I've been in charge of and always have been and always will be. I'm more hands on now as far as being in the meetings and on the field teaching, and that's really the difference." -- Wade Phillips on being the head coach and defensive coordinator of the Cowboys.
