IRVING, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys layers are off until Tuesday. The coaches get out of the office today and will be back to work on Monday.

The bye week is here and much needed for a team that has played 10 straight regular-season games and has not had a lot of time off since flying to Oxnard, California for the start of training camp on July 22.

“It’s good to recharge your batteries at the right time, going into the bye 7-3 and in a good position,” defensive end Jeremy Mincey said. “We just got to not lose ourselves during the bye and stay focused.”

Some players are going out of town, like Mincey, who will cut some music at his studio in his Jacksonville, Florida, home. Some will stay in the area, like tight end Jason Witten and Henry Melton. When he was with the Chicago Bears, Melton would come home. Now he is at home and “will definitely be low key,” he said.

At 7-3, the Cowboys are in position to make the playoffs for the first time since 2009.

“It will be good to get away for a couple of days,” Witten said. “But I’ll be here. You wait a long time for opportunities like this. I’ve got plenty of time in the offseason to enjoy vacation.”

Coach Jason Garrett said it is important for the coaches to get away. They will discuss the good and the bad of the first 10 games with a self-scouting report and then call it a weekend.

“Obviously, you’re always maybe be doing a little bit of work and having conversations about different things, but I do think it’s important to have shorter days for coaches this week and give them a chance to get away,” Garrett said. “Then, when we come back, we feel recharged a little bit and ready to go for the next challenge.”

So as much as they are away, they’re not completely away. Mincey said he plans to watch the Philadelphia Eagles, the NFC East leaders, and New York Giants, the Cowboys’ next opponents. If football players play football during football season, they also like watching football during football season, too.

It’s good to pull back a little bit,” Witten said. “I think, especially after last week -- just the schedule going over there [to London]. I think guys are excited to get away from it. We worked hard to get ourselves to get to the point where we’re at. We’ll get away, get rested and obviously it’s a big push.”