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Cowboys' Brent attends memorial

DALLAS - Jason Garrett gave the Dallas Cowboys a day off after his players somehow pulled off a win in Cincinnati while reeling from a one-car accident that killed one teammate and landed another in jail.

Dallas Cowboys football player Josh Brent, right, arrives, embracing an unidentified person at a memorial service for teammate Jerry Brown. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)
Dallas Cowboys football player Josh Brent, right, arrives, embracing an unidentified person at a memorial service for teammate Jerry Brown. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)Read more

DALLAS - Jason Garrett gave the Dallas Cowboys a day off after his players somehow pulled off a win in Cincinnati while reeling from a one-car accident that killed one teammate and landed another in jail.

Many players showed up at team headquarters anyway and there was Josh Brent, the hulking defensive tackle who missed the trip after police say he was driving drunk and caused the wreck that killed practice squad linebacker Jerry Brown, his close friend and roommate.

Brent was back with his teammates again Tuesday for a private memorial honoring Brown. Players and team officials left without talking to reporters after the hourlong service on a chilly afternoon at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, but Garrett had made it clear that Brent was still a part of the Cowboys family.

"We're going to support Josh 100 percent in every way that we can," Garrett said Monday, a day after the Cowboys beat the Bengals, 20-19, with a field goal on the final play to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Brent arrived at the service earlier than most of the players, team executives and staff members.