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KEY MATCHUP He was overshadowed by the gutty performance by super-sub running back Ladell Betts and the flashy fake field goal touchdown pass from to Mike Sellers , but Jones was one of the heroes of lastweek's 27-17 upset of the Denver Broncos .

That was kind of unfortunate. Leading and shutting out Dallas in the Cowboys' ridiculous home stadium for most of the game, then losing by one at very end after two missed field goals feels more nauseating than losing to Detroit, I think.

After the Redskins' offense woke up from its season-long nap last Sunday, I figured I should go heavy this week on stories about the offense.

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

The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion, saying that is not an adequate solution.

After word emerged about the locker-room altercation earlier this season between running back Clinton Portis and fullback Mike Sellers, some Redskins fans criticized Sellers's blocking on Internet message boards and sports-talk radio shows.

Edwin Williams grew up in Washington, D.C., attended DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md., played college football at the University of Maryland, signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted rookie and made the club.

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.

"You get a concussion, they've got to take you out of the game. So if you can hide it and conceal it as much as possible, you pay for it the next day, but you'll be able to ... stay in the game."-Washington Redskins fullback Mike Sellers.

They may have stunned even themselves with a trick play in Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos.

I was on record as saying I didn't think the Redskins would win another game this season -- and I'm really glad I was wrong.

For one Indian summer afternoon at FedEx Field on Sunday, the Redskins let Washington put on rose-colored NFL glasses that, for now, alter the hue of a dismal season. With a 27-17 win over Denver, full of battering runs by Ladell Betts and a trick-field-goal touchdown bomb by a punter named Hunter, the maroon and black suddenly looked a bit like the burgundy and gold once again.

Don't blink. It may not last. If you can't prevail at home over a team on a two-game losing streak that loses its quarterback before halftime and

Energized by one of the most bizarre fake field goal sequences of the year, the Washington Redskins finally broke the 17-point barrier and ended a four-game losing streak.

The Redskins answered by going three-and-out with sacked on third-and-long. On the Falcons ' next drive, MattRyan threw into triple-coverage and Rocky McIntosh intercepted it.

Even with the Washington Redskinsa TM paltry two wins, the worlda TMs worst owner and a heated fanbase, no one in the equation deserves Larry Johnson .

You know it's bad when so far in the season I've been watching most of the Redskins games after halftime.

If Dan Snyder was "embarrassed" before the Redskins played the Falcons on Sunday, what must his level of dissatisfaction have been by halftime? Can it even be printed in a family newspaper? The Redskins lost more than a Football game in their 31-17 defeat at the Georgia Dome.

The Redskins began the third quarter with as many total yards as they had yards in penalties .

Jason Campbell has failed to meet expectations in his make-or-break season. Despite his familiarity with head coach Jim Zorn's West Coast offense, he too frequently fails to recognize open receivers down the field.

Redskins owner Daniel M. Snyder said on Tuesday that he feels "sorry for the fans" following the team's disappointing 2-5 start, but he is hopeful the team can rebound in the second half of the season.