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Since the Cowboys gained 522 yards against the Broncos in Week 5, including a career-best 506 passing yards by Tony Romo, they have sputtered. The Cowboys are averaging only 278.4 yards per game their past five games.

"I’d like to see us play like we did against Denver," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. "I’d like to see us play like we played frankly against St. Louis. Those good games where we had good offensive games. I’d like to see that kind of offensive continuity. We need to get some drives going. We need to keep that defense off the field, all of that. That’s what I’d like to see."

Romo's numbers have fallen, too, and Jones said the Cowboys need more out of their quarterback, who signed a $108 million extension in the off-season.

"Yes,” he said. “Yes, and [more] than we had against New Orleans. But yes we do.”

In the past five games, the quarterback has completed 57.1 passes for an average of 231.6 yards per game with eight touchdowns and four interceptions. Romo explained it by saying he has thrown more passes away than normal to avoid taking sack, but he expects the offense as a whole to play better the rest of the season.

"Each week is going to come up different," Romo said Thursday, "but inherently you want to get to a point where you are playing at a high level week in and week out. That is our goal, and I think we are taking steps to ensure that."

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