The Dallas Cowboys' investment in their offensive line and running the football with DeMarco Murray has taken the weight off Tony Romo to carry the team.

Romo is not putting up gaudy numbers but stretched out over 16 games he is on pace for 4,026 yards passing, 29 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He is also on pace for his best completion percentage (68.6 percent currently) over a full season.

"I think the best thing that we've done as an organization is we've very purposefully tried to take the burden off our quarterback," Jason Garrett said. "At different times in Tony's career, he's had a lot of burden on him -- we haven't played great defense, we haven't been great on the offensive line, we haven't run the ball very well -- and all of a sudden the way we're going to move the ball and the way we're going to score points is by throwing it. We've made a very conscious effort as an organization to say, 'OK, let's get better on defense. Let's get better up front. Let's spread this burden around.' The best teams in this league, the best teams in any sport, have a burden that is spread around. It's rare that one guy can carry a team. It's really important for everyone to understand that they have a role, and the more that we can spread the responsibilities around throughout your football team, the better you're going to be as a team."