NFL Network analyst Jamie Dukes takes a look at the Week 1 headlines in the first installment of Put Up Your Dukes, and says what the Vikings need is a heavy dose of Adrian Peterson.

It’s difficult for any player to live up to a six-year, $54 million contract, but in a sense, Miles Austin already has earned his pay.

Arian Foster will likely end that revolving door at running back for the Texans. Foster lit up the Cowboys for 110 yards and a touchdown to add the exclamation point to the position.

Tell me if this sounds familiar to Cowboys fans … Tony Romo and the game look flawless moving into the red zone and then, once there, you might as well cue up the Yakety Sax as the Cowboys look more like a junior varsity squad than a Super Bowl contender.

NFL Network analyst Matt Millen, who has as much insight on Roy E. Williams as anyone, says the receiver will be improved in 2010.

The next priority for the Dallas Cowboys is making sure playmaking WR Miles Austin is signed to a long-term deal.

Brad Childress basically confirmed that Tarvaris Jackson is the top option for the Vikings in the event (however unlikely it appears) that Brett Favre doesn’t return.

With Tuesday’s deadline looming for restricted free agents to sign their tender offers, several teams are playing hardball. The Dallas Cowboys are taking a different approach with WR Miles Austin.

Patrick Crayton believes he isn’t being used properly in Dallas. Former Cowboys WR Terrell Owens can commiserate. He has been there.

Cowboys WR Roy Williams has become almost an afterthought in Dallas in the wake of the team selecting WR Dez Bryant in the first round.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones addressed his crowded receiving corps while appearing on NFL Total Access Friday.

Dez Bryant will have some serious long-term fantasy value as a member of the Dallas Cowboys.

Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said that roughly 30 players have been working out over the past week, well ahead of the scheduled offseason training program.

The Cowboys have extended the highest level free-agent tender for WR Miles Austin, the team’s official site reported Thursday.

The Browns and the agents for Josh Cribbs are close to finally completing a deal for the Pro Bowl kick returner.