DeMarco Murray had just fumbled seven times in 756 touches before the season, which is once every 108 touches.

But Murray is fumbling once every 46.4 touches this season as he leads the NFL in the category.

Murray's physical and relentless style has put him at risk of fumbling.

As Emmitt Smith tweeted moments after the fumble against Washington, "Know when the journey is over!!!" 

"Somehow, someway we have to communicate it better, drill it better and show it better," Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. "In DeMarco's case, this is probably the third or fourth one, where it's the end of the down, he's staying up and making yards and the third or fourth guy comes in rips it out. 

"Understanding where he is in the play and getting down is important for him -- and he does that a lot. When you carry the football as much he does, he has that circumstance happen 25 times a game. He makes a heck of a play, we're down to the 5-yard line and ball comes out. Obviously that can't happen." 

Calvin Johnson "definitely expects to play" in Week 10 after the team returns from a bye, DetroitLions.com reports.

Johnson hasn't played since Week 5 while recovering from an ankle injury that limited his performance in previous games.

Johnson caught seven passes for 164 yards and two touchdowns in the season opener, but managed just 15 catches for 184 yards and no scores in the next four weeks.

Tony Romo will be available to play on Sunday for the Dallas Cowboys against the Arizona Cardinals if he can tolerate the pain in his back.

"We have nothing medically that would prevent him from playing," Jones said on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Wednesday morning. "What I mean by that is there is nothing to his injury that won't function.

"This is a function of pain tolerance, [and] it is a serious issue. You could look at people who had similar-type contusions or a similar-type injury and haven't played the next week, so that would cause you some concern."

Romo needed surgery last December to repair a herniated disk.

Rob Gronkowski scored three touchdowns in the New England Patriots' 51-23 win over the Chicago Bears.

Gronkowski has already scored 49 in his career.

Gronkowski had touchdown catches of 6, 2 and 46 yards."I like scoring touchdowns for sure," Gronkowski said. "That's why when I get in the red zone my eyes light up." 

Gronkowski explained what allows him to make big plays with consistency in the receiving game.

"Being a big guy, obviously I'm not as fast as the DBs and the safeties and stuff and some of the linebackers are really fast too," Gronkowski said. "I have to use my body as leverage to outflank the guy to use it as a basketball move, like to box out." 

The Cincinnati Bengals are preparing to play in Week 8 without A.J. Green.

Green is battling ligament damage under his big toe and want to be careful with the lingering injury.

The Bengals have been without Green for the past two straight games.

Reggie Wayne will be out of the Indianapolis Colts' lineup against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Wayne is currently dealing with an elbow injury he suffered last week against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Wayne has caught 38 passes for 434 yards and one touchdown this season. 

Arian Foster has become one of the NFL's best running backs again after an injury-plagued 2013.

Foster rushed for at least 100 yards in the Texans' past three games. Foster has averaged 122.7 yards, including 12 runs of at least 10 yards and 5.8 yards a carry in the past three games.

Foster, who missed more than half of last season because of injuries and underwent back surgery in the offseason, had 542 yards rushing in 2013. 

According to Mike Chappell of RTV6 in Indianapolis, Reggie Wayne is expected to miss a game or two because of an elbow injury suffered early in Sunday’s win over the Bengals.

Wayne suggested he wasn’t that concerned after the game.

“I’m good now,” he said. “I just kind of fell on it, fell on my arm. Go home, have an adult beverage and see how it feels in the morning.”

DeMarco Murray became the first running back in NFL history to rush for at least 100 yards in each of the first seven games of a season with his 128-yard performance against the New York Giants.

Murray is on pace for 2,086 yards, just behind the pace Eric Dickerson had in 1984.

"I think we did this as a group," Murray said, sprinkling around praise for his offensive line. "So it's hard for me to accept this individually, and I definitely wish those guys were here. But they're a huge part of this, [along with] the tight ends, the receivers, the entire coaching staff. But I definitely give a lot of credit to those guys, and I'm blessed to be mentioned with that, but there's a lot of hard work that needs to be done. It's a long season."

The Seattle Seahawks admitted they need to get the ball to Marshawn Lynch with more frequency.

Lynch rushed just 10 times against the Dallas Cowboys, running for 61 yards.

Darrell Bevell’s heard the criticism and he agrees with it, as long as the complaint isn’t that Lynch is on your fantasy team.

“The fantasy owners … I’m not a fantasy owner. I don’t care about anyone’s [fantasy] points. But I do care about us winning the game. And Marshawn is a huge key for us winning the game. And we do — and I — have to do a better job of giving him the ball,” Bevell said, via the Tacoma News-Tribune.