If you haven't noticed, someone around here takes great delight in keeping alive the memory of how negatively the Dallas Cowboys were viewed at this time last year. All snark aside, there were several things the Cowboys had to do last season to improve on the string of 8-8 finishes. It actually is a bit understandable why there was doubt the team could accomplish all of them. A couple of major ones were keeping Tony Romo healthy and finally utilizing the running game effectively. Those were accomplished through a combination of the much improved job Scott Linehan did as offensive play caller and de facto coordinator, combined with the steady growth of the offensive line.