The Book

an opposing team's scout sizes up the Cowboys

"I thought that tight end Jackie Harris I was underused the last two or three years in Tampa Bay and Tennessee. He's got something left. If Harris returns to form, the Cowboys will win 10 or 11 games and make the playoffs....

Troy Aikman isn't finished, but if you watched him play the last couple years, you saw a guy who looked like he hated football. What worries me is he hasn't inspired a struggling offense to play better. Great quarterbacks win some games by themselves, and he hasn't done that in years....

Erik Williams's decision to come back really helps Emmitt Smith, who loves running right. Now Solomon Page, a big body who's too slow, can move back to guard....

The defensive line can be special. I think Alonzo Spellman is better than Leon Lett, and you knew that could happen if Spellman ever got his life together....

Deion Sanders is no big loss, the way he was playing last year. But those cornerbacks they drafted [Dwayne Goodrich, Kareem Larrimore and Mario Edwards] have to play right away, or passing teams will eat them alive."