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When he saw another running back and right guard go down to injury, Jim Zorn felt it.

OAKLAND RAIDERS at DALLAS OPENING LINE - Cowboys by 14 RECORD VS. SPREAD - Oakland 5-5; Dallas 5-5 SERIES RECORD - Raiders lead 6-3 LAST MEETING - Raiders beat Cowboys 19-13, Oct.

Raiders at Cowboys Kickoff: 3:15 p.m., Cowboys Stadium, Arlington TV, radio: CBS, WOAI-AM 1200, KCOR-AM 1350 Line: Cowboys by 13 1/2, O/U 40 1/2 Series: Raiders lead 6-3. Last meeting: Raiders won 19-13 on Oct.

They aren't noticed until they hold. Or false start. Or they are injured. The Dallas Cowboys offensive line will have to make-do without right tackle Marc Colombo for a while.

In Monday's big-picture aftermath, perspective and perception at Valley Ranch were spinning like a Las Vegas roulette wheel.

Right now in the NFC East, the Washington Redskins are playing the best football of any team.

GAME SET WHAT: Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins WHEN: Sunday, Noon WHERE: Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas TELEVISION: FOX BIG ISSUE : The Cowboys caught a break last Sunday in terms of the division race.

Cowboys offensive line coach Hudson Houck told reporters at Valley Ranch on Wednesday that third-year player Doug Free will make his first start at right tackle Sunday against the Redskins.

The Cowboys were probably the deepest team in the NFL last week. They were missing only one player.

Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips usually likes to withhold information that pertains to new wrinkles or lineups, especially early in the week.

It's hard to fathom any team being worse than the Cowboys at drafting offensive linemen during the last decade.

Cowboys owner/doctor Jerry Jones proclaimed Sunday evening that right tackle Marc Colombo would be out for the season with a fractured fibula, but the club has backtracked a bit this afternoon .

We already told you about Marc Colombo's surgery today on his torn ligaments in his left ankle and Ken Hamlin's high ankle sprain that could keep him out 2-4 weeks.

GREEN BAY - Manitowoc native and Dallas Cowboys third-year offensive tackle Doug Free saw the most substantial playing time of his young career on Sunday at Lambeau Field after starting right tackle Marc Colombo suffered a high-ankle sprain and broken left fibula in the first quarter of a 17-7 loss for the Cowboys.

In an article yesterday, I discussed the Eagles' Brent Celek , who used a third quarter touchdown against the Cowboys last Sunday to let the nation know that he had a little captain in him ; of course, according to ensuing news reports, it may have also been a bit of guerrilla marketing on the part of Celek and the makers of Captain Morgan Original ...

Everything is bigger in Texas. Scoreboards are bigger. The new Cowboys Stadium boasts a video board 60 yards long.

Last week, I chronicled all the numerous ways in which the Cowboys fortunes have turned since tabloid superstar and mom jeans enthusiast Jessica Simpson attempted to curse the team.

Center Andre Gurode, his right ankle still healing, returned to practice with the Cowboys on Thursday.

The Cowboys are at 6-2 at the midway point of the season and atop the NFC East standings.

IRVING, Texas a ' The Dallas Cowboys' attempt to avoid pre-snap penalties by the offense during road games will receive a loud test Sunday at Philadelphia.