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(Editor's Note: Time to check the mail! The DallasCowboys.com staff writers answer your questions here in 'Mailbag' presented by Miller Lite.)

So what's on your Christmas wish list for the Cowboys? Both for these last two games and the offseason ahead? – Santa Claus/North Pole

Mickey: Very cute. Also, top of my very pertinent wish list would be good health. This has been an unfortunate season when you consider the uncommon number of Pro Bowl players the Cowboys have and did have at one point this season on injured reserve.

Think about it this way: Currently on injures reserve are Dak Prescott, DeMarcus Lawrence, Zack Martin and Trevon Diggs. Those guys alone count $93.5 million against the $255.4 million salary cap. That right there consumes 37 percent of the cap. And if we add in other players with Pro Bowls on their resumes missing multiple games, guys such as Brandin Cooks, Micah Parsons and Daron Bland, that's another $17 million, that comes to $38.2 million of cap dollars at some point missing games.

And by COO Stephen Jones calculation, there is currently $102 million total dollars on injured reserve, so 40 percent. Someone needs to lay hands on this team for the rest of this year and going forward with some of these rehabs to get this team healthy.

Tommy: Good to hear from you in your busiest time of the year, Mr. Claus. In the next two games, the best gift that Dallas can gift themselves is allowing their young contributors to get an uptick in snaps and gain some valuable experience.

With no playoffs ahead of them, let some of the guys who will be future starters and/or depth pieces going forward play free and fast since they've got nothing to lose and everything to gain.

As far as the offseason goes, finding a way to keep Micah Parsons, Osa Odighizuwa and Jourdan Lewis in the fold would be equivalent of getting the Christmas present you had at the top of your list under the tree.