FRISCO, Texas -- The words "one thousand" and "yards" were never formed into a full question before Dallas Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle answered.
"Two-sixty-nine," Dowdle said. "Yep, two-sixty-nine."
That's how many yards Dowdle needs in the Cowboys' final four games to reach 1,000. In a season full of team disappointment with a 5-8 record and playoff talk dismissed the way Jim Mora dismissed it so many years ago -- "Playoffs?!" -- an individual milestone is still in play for Dowdle.
How much does he want to reach that mark?