Barber hopes Barkley breaks his Giants rushing mark

Dallas Cowboys: Coach Jason Garrett heard the criticism of offensive coordinator Scott Linehan following the Cowboys' 16-8 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday but stated he has full confidence in him. Linehan called the game from the booth Sunday, leaving the confines of the sideline, and he plans to stay there. "People will tell you when you're up above, you see the whole game better," Garrett said. "You see all 22. When you're down on the field, maybe you have a better opportunity to connect individually with the players, (but) you don't have as good a vision on the game when you're on the field as you do when you're up above."

New York Giants: Former Giants running back Tiki Barber holds the single-season team record for rushing yards with 1,860. Barber told TMZ Sports that he'd be happy to see rookie Saquon Barkley break that record. The Giants selected Barkley, an All-American from Penn State, with the No. 2 overall selection in the April draft. "I hope so," Barber said of the possibility of Barkley breaking the record. "That means good things for the New York Giants. If he breaks my record, then (that) means good things. Records are made to be broken."

Philadelphia Eagles: Brian Westbrook spent eight seasons at running back with the Eagles, and during that span from 2002 through 2009, his team had a lot of success. But they never won a Super Bowl, and he told Bleacher Report that Philadelphia can handle having a target on its back as defending champs. "You go from the hunters to the hunted," Westbrook said. "Two things they have going for them: The first is Carson Wentz will be back soon. He was destroying the league before he got hurt. The other thing is this team brings back a lot of players. They are really deep."

Washington Redskins: After all of the injuries to Washington running backs in the preseason, quarterback Alex Smith couldn't have known how good the rushing game would be. He saw it in Week 1 against the Arizona Cardinals, when the Redskins gained 182 yards on the ground. "I think as a quarterback when you're throwing the football, anytime you have a run game like that, a defense has got to defend it," Smith said. "It opens up a lot of opportunities for us on the edge, in the perimeter, whether it's a play-action pass, just spacing the field. A lot of favorable matchups I felt like we had (was) because of the run game going so well."