After failing to make the playoffs last season, the Cowboys are taking a more workmanlike approach this year. "We're not going to sit here and talk about what we're going to do this year or all the expectations everyone else has for us," nose tackle Jay Ratliff said. "I think the attitude for us this year needs to be, we're going to be quiet. To put it bluntly, we're going to shut up, not say a thing and do our jobs." Defensive coordinator Rex Ryan recently said he adopted a "beaten-down" gang when he hit Dallas, but Ratliff said the unit is "way more confident this year."