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IRVING, Texas - The Dallas Cowboys have all kinds of answers for how the NFLs worst defence a year ago has improved despite losing its best player to injury, dumping the franchise sacks leader and letting the most productive lineman go to a division rival.Theres cornerback Brandon Carrs theory of growing up: You look different from 5 to 6 years old, right? he said, laughing.Or how about defensive co-ordinator Rod Marinellis idea that its so simple a 5-year-old could do it: And then, we dont change a lot.And finally, coach Jason Garretts take on players with something to prove: I think everybody has a story, and oftentimes you tap into what their stories are.Add them all up, and you have a team that kept New Orleans out of the end zone for three quarters and built a 31-3 lead a year after giving up an NFL-record 40 first downs in an embarrassing blowout loss.The Cowboys (3-1), who take a three-game winning streak into Sundays game against Houston (3-1), dont stand out defensively in the rankings because theyre giving up plenty of yards a€” including a bunch to Drew Brees and the Saints in the second half of a 38-17 win.But Dallas is among league leaders in takeaways with eight a€” a Marinelli staple a€” and in the top 10 in scoring defence, the other measure that matters the most to the man who took over the defence when Monte Kiffin was demoted after last season.Marinelli and Kiffin came in together a year ago to switch the Cowboys back to a four-man front after nearly a decade in the 3-4.Once we get our package right in the off-season, I think you stay with it, Marinelli said. So the players arent learning something new every week. Theyre trying to refine their skills. Theyre trying to play faster.The Cowboys opened free agency in March by cutting defensive end DeMarcus Ware in a salary cap move, and their off-season began with a season-ending knee injury to linebacker Sean Lee in the first practice. Dallas decided not to give some of that Ware money to defensive tackle Jason Hatcher, who led the team in sacks in 2013, and he signed with Washington.Now the defensive front is a collection of bargains, while Rolando McClain has the potential to be a playmaking leader of the linebackers after the former top 10 pick flamed out early in Oakland and walked away from the game twice in Baltimore. The Cowboys traded for him before training camp.I felt a group of guys that are hungry, McClain said of when he showed up at camp after missing the 2013 season. I was hungry.With Bruce Carter out against the Texans because of a quadriceps strain, each starting linebacker has missed at least one game. The Cowboys have adjusted by mixing and matching in their front seven.Dallas lost cornerback Morris Claiborne to a season-ending knee injury against the Saints. But there were already questions about whether the former top-10 pick could stay on the field ahead of undrafted fourth-year player Sterling Moore, who figures to have an expanded role against the Texans.After consecutive seasons with injury-depleted units, the Cowboys have reached a point where they dont seem to care whos on the field. And theyre making plays they werent in those two years.Were all students of the game and were trying to get this thing right, Carr said. The time is now. You cant keep waiting.In other words, you have to grow up sometime.NOTES: QB Tony Romo and DE Anthony Spencer kept with their weekly routines. 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Cooper had a career year in 2013, stepping up in the absence of Jeremy Maclin and developing quick chemistry with quarterback Nick Foles. The 2010 fifth-round draft pick out of Clearwater Central Catholic finished the year with 47 receptions for 835 yards and eight touchdowns. He was tied for third in the league in most yards per catch with 17.8. The season didnt start well for Cooper.ddddddddddddA slow start on the field was compounded by a preseason incident in which Cooper was caught on camera making racial slurs at a concert. He was fined by the team and left the club for a period to seek counseling. Financial details of Coopers new deal have not been disclosed. The re-signing of Cooper could be followed shortly after by the re-signing of Maclin. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Maclin, who missed all of last season with a torn ACL, is close to re-upping with the team on a one-year pact. ' ' '