Joe Brodsky, a running backs coach for the Dallas Cowboys when they won three Super Bowls in the 1990s, has died. He was 71. Brodsky died Thursday after a long battle with prostate cancer, his wife, Joyce, said Saturday.

Dallas Cowboy defensive end Greg Ellis will be in a Dallas uniform for the 2006 season, the question remains however, will he like it? Ellis is concerned about his role with Cowboys and has requested a meeting with the Cowboys before the June minicamp to discuss where he fits in the Cowboys plans. Last season, he was moved behind then-rookie Chris Canty and was mostly a situational pass rusher. It appears doubtful that role will change much this season. "He's a vital part of my expectations for our success," Jones said at the team's annual golf invitational at Cowboys Golf Club. "Greg has stated the pure 3-4 concept doesn't fit him. The facts are we don't play a pure 3-4 concept that fits him. I haven't seen a player of his caliber that got comprised by scheme."

It took Bill Parcells 48 days to finally say something about the Terrell Owens signing. "I say, 'I support it,' and that's the way we go," Parcells said Friday. "I don't view it as a gamble. It's in my best interest that he's successful. And it's in his best interest that he's successful. ... "I'm not approaching this with the idea it's going to be adversarial or I'm going to be mandating every little thing this player does."

Bill Parcells denied a report that the Cowboys were trying to trade running back Julius Jones during the NFL Draft. "No, we were not trying to trade him," Parcells said.