Cowboys activate Tank Johnson; Anderson to IR

Irving,  TX - The Dallas Cowboys activated nose tackle Tank
 Johnson  Monday  following his reinstatement from an NFL-sanctioned eight-game
 suspension.

 Johnson  will  fill the  roster spot  of fullback Deon  Anderson, who tore his
 rotator  cuff  late in Sunday night's  38-17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
 Anderson  will be  placed on  injured reserve,  effectively ending  his rookie
 season, in which he had six catches for 55 yards.

 Suspended  by commissioner Roger Goodell over the summer for violations of the
 league's  personal  conduct policy, Johnson  was signed by Dallas on September
 19,  and was allowed to begin practicing with the team October 19. The league,
 however,  opted  not to reduce Johnson's  suspension, and he will be available
 for  the first time in game action when the first-place Cowboys head to Giants
 Stadium Sunday for an NFC East divisional showdown with second-place New York.

 Jason  Ferguson  went down with a  torn biceps and  placed on the IR after the
 Cowboys'  first game,  and  as a  result  Jay Ratliff  and  Remi Ayodele  have
 alternated  at the  nose tackle position for  most of the first eight games in
 Dallas' 3-4 defense.

 Anderson's  injury leaves  the Cowboys  thin at  the fullback  position, where
 veteran Oliver Hoyte has missed the last six games due to a neck injury.

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