Player Notes

DE Margus Hunt might not miss any time after aggravating a knee injury that he's been dealing with for several weeks. "We will wait and see how he responds in the next couple of days," Reich said, "but we are a little bit more optimistic with Margus." Hunt, starting full-time for the first time in six seasons, has had his best year with a career-high four sacks and 11 tackles for loss.

S Corey Graham and S Malcolm Jenkins led the Eagles in tackles against the Saints, with nine each. Hicks had seven before departing with his injury.

WR Golden Tate played twice as many snaps in his second game as an Eagle, logging 36 of them against the Saints (71 percent). He was the team's leading receiver, though, that isn't saying much since the Eagles had just 196 yards of total offense. Still, Tate was targeted eight times, catching five passes for 48 yards. With the addition of Tate, the role of rookie tight end Dallas Goedert continues ...

RB Josh Adams is becoming the Eagles' lead back. He played significantly more snaps (28) than Corey Clement (14) and Wendell Smallwood (4). Adams was one of the few bright spots on Sunday, galloping 28 yards for his first career touchdown -- and the Eagles' lone touchdown in the game and finished with 53 yards on seven carries (7.6 yards per carry). Clement had just two carries; Smallwood only one.

WR Cole Beasley had five catches for 51 yards against the Falcons. If he averages five catches per game the rest of the way, he'll match his career-high of 75 receptions in 2016.

DE DeMarcus Lawrence was credited with 1.5 sacks against Atlanta, bringing his season total to eight. He's a little behind the pace he set a year ago when he led the NFL with 14.5 sacks. But Lawrence has fought through a shoulder injury and the thinning of the Dallas defensive line as a whole due to injury. If Lawrence and the rest of the Cowboys front start to heal up, he could still make a move to ...

LB Leighton Vander Esch intercepted a pass for the second-straight week and also posted eight tackles and three pass deflections against Atlanta. In the five games that Vander Esch has started in place of injured LB Sean Lee, the Cowboys have won four and lost just once.

C Max Unger did not practice because of a quad injury.

T Jermon Bushrod, who started in place of injured Terron Armstead on Sunday, did not practice Monday because of a hand injury. Armstead also missed practice and he's expected to miss a couple more games because of a pectoral injury.

WR Tre'Quan Smith had the most productive game of his rookie season one week after having no impact. Smith had 10 catches for 157 yards and two touchdowns against the Eagles after he wasn't even targeted a week earlier against Cincinnati. Smith's catches and yardage nearly matched his season total through nine games. He entered Sunday's game with 12 catches for 214 yards, His only other significant ...