It's not unusual for teams preparing to face the Eagles to enlist a player to emulate quarterback Michael Vick during practice.
Some teams -- the Bills' choice was Tyler Thigpen, to cite an example -- don't produce an ideal facsimile.
The Cowboys, on the other hand, are using a player who has every bit of Vick's vaunted athleticism. He's even a left-handed thrower.
His name? Dez Bryant.
Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee feels Bryant -- the talented young wideout -- gives the Cowboys something that closely resembles Vick as they prepare for their Week 8 matchup.
"He did a great job. He has that unbelievable athleticism very similar to Michael Vick," Lee said Thursday on NFL Network's "Around the League." "The surprising thing about Dez though, he also has a great arm; he can throw the ball 60 yards. So he was running around giving us a great look and that's something we're going to use on Sunday."
The Cowboys could engineer a Vick clone for practices and still get burned Sunday. But it can't hurt to at least prepare themselves for the explosiveness of the real thing.