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A Redskins season that tried to crawl out of its grave got smashed on the head by a Dallas shovel and sent back into its pit Sunday at Cowboys Stadium.

Rookie Edwin Williams could draw the start at right guard in Sunday's game at Philadelphia.

In an inspired effort undermined by missed field goals, Redskins surrender late touchdown in painful defeat in Dallas PHOTOS Dallas's Marion Barber is the first to congratulate Patrick Crayton on the touchdown catch with 2:50 left in the fourth quarter that turns out to be the game-winner. Buy Photo Redskins guard Chad Rinehart broke his right ...

When you hear the words "plate" and "screw" at this time of year, it's usually in the context of: "I don't think I can fit any more food on this plate" or "Make me another screwdriver, will ya?" But Jim Zorn used them Monday to describe the surgery to Chad Rinehart's right fibula, the one the young offensive guard fractured in the Dallas game.

Following Sunday's 7-6 loss to Dallas, Washington Redskins middle linebacker London Fletcher said in a TV interview that giving up just seven points should result in a win.

As they placed Ladell Betts, Chad Rinehart and Eddie Williams on the season-ending injured-reserve list, the Redskins have signed running back Marcus Mason and guard Paul Fanaika from the Philadelphia Eagles' practice squad, according to Redskins blogger Matt Terl.

The Redskins have likely lost a third offensive linemen for the season. Chad Rinehart, who started four games for the Redskins at right guard this year, suffered a broken fibula in Sunday's 7-6 loss to Dallas.

Dennis Green's famous rant is the best summation of the Washington Redskins 7-6 loss to the Dallas Cowboys .

Remade offensive line: Center Casey Rabach is the only familiar face from a year ago.

Redskins.com breaks down some of the key matchups to keep an eye on during Sunday's Redskins-Cowboys game at Cowboys Stadium.

The most remarkable aspect of the upset pulled by the Washington Redskins on Sunday lies not in the fact that they finally won again, but rather in the surprising players who led them to victory.

When he last saw the Broncos , was making his regular-season debut for Oakland. It didn't go well.

With Levi Jones making his first start at left tackle for the Redskins and Chad Rinehart back at right guard, Washington's offensive line was surprisingly effective in Sunday's 27-17 victory over the Denver Broncos.

Levi Jones, Chad Rinehart and Stephon Heyer sat together at the end of the Washington Redskins' bench with a little more than two minutes left in the game Sunday.

Washington running back Ladell Betts is questionable for the Redskins game against Denver in which he had been slated to start for Clinton Portis.

The shuffling along the Washington Redskins' beleaguered offensive line continues.

"Even if I have to buy him a couple meals to make sure he's ready to line up and play Football," Campbell said Wednesday at Redskin Park.

I was determined not to write about the offensive line for a while. Having written so much about the team's failure to address its biggest deficiency, I figured Insider readers were ready to move on.

The Hogs weren't just a media creation during Washington's first Joe Gibbs era. Russ Grimm, Joe Jacoby and Jim Lachey were all Pro Bowl studs, and fellow linemen Mark Schlereth, Mark May and Jeff Bostic also had periods of sustained excellence.

Jim Zorn doesn't have a roster with enough playmakers and talent, but he bears a significant amount of the responsibility for the Redskins' 2-5 record, a mark that seems likely to worsen as they face tougher opponents.