It was a brief trip home for Malcolm Kelly and Robert Henson this weekend and they tried to make the most of it.

Injuries keep mounting for the Washington Redskins . After running back Clinton Portis was ruled out for at least one more game, backup suffered knee ligament damage Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys , Coach Jim Zorn said Portis, out since Nov.

Consider the cracks in the Washington Redskins ' defense fully exposed - just as that unit prepares to face its toughest test so far this season.

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

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo often has succeeded at eluding pass rushers in the pocket.

If Brian Westbrook relies on the advice of the two Pittsburgh concussion experts he saw yesterday, the Eagles' franchise running back seems likely to return to the field, quite possibly this season.

Anyone who watched cornerback Carlos Rogers bite on Brandon Marshall's double move on Denver's first touchdown Sunday - a 40-yard pass - or saw Marshall follow up with a 75-yard scoring reception before the end of the first quarter would suspect that the Redskins have shoddy a pass defense.

In just nine NFL games, Brian Orakpo has established himself as one of league's top pass rushers.

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

Denver Broncos Coach Josh McDaniels and middle linebacker London Fletcher were teammates at John Carroll University.

Washington coach Jim Zorn has seemed over his head this year as coach of the Redskins and is not likely to continue after this season.

As painful as it may be to play , the Redskins ' season will continue. There is no mercy rule in football.

Much has been made of the impotence of the Washington Redskins offense this season.

After Wednesday's practice, many of the Redskins headed to a tent alongside one of the practice fields that shielded a group of veterans from a persistent drizzle.

Back in August, when the Washington Redskins were in the midst of an uneventful training camp, there was much talk about what was to come for a team that had turned a 6-2 start into an 8-8 finish in coach Jim Zorn's debut season.

Barely able to complete his three-step drop-back before being pounded into the turf by 559 pounds of John Abraham and Jonathan Babineaux, Washington Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell finally showed the effects of a five-sack beating.

Defensive coordinator Greg Blache has dismissed reporters who have asked whether defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth seems to have helped to make his teammates better.

After signing his $100 million contract in February, Albert Haynesworth readily discussed how his presence might make the Washington Redskins defense better.

MAYBE BRIAN Westbrook is going to be doing this in-and-out-of-the-lineup dance all season; maybe that's who he is now, at 30, with the much-repaired knee and the tricky ankle.

Fred Davis had already paid his airfare to get out of town during the Washington Redskins bye week vacation.