In this important Week 11 NFC East matchup for the team in blue, the Dallas Cowboys face the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field. In a game that is full of high-stakes for Dallas, both the Cowboys and Redskins have several key injuries that will factor into this huge game.

Out for Cowboys: WR Miles Austin(notes), CB Mike Jenkins(notes), FB Tony Fiammetta(notes)

Austin will miss his second straight game with a hamstring injury, meaning Laurent Robinson(notes) will be another major factor this week. Also out with a hamstring injury, Jenkins will now miss his third straight game. Fiammetta is typically the team’s starting fullback and will be out with an illness.

Out for Redskins: LB Keyaron Fox(notes), WR Santana Moss(notes), WR Niles Paul(notes)

Moss, the team’s No. 1 receiver, is still out with a hand injury and will miss his fourth straight game. With the recent season-ending injury to Leonard Hankerson(notes), the Redskins will likely start Jabar Gaffney(notes) and Anthony Armstrong(notes) at wide receiver. Fox and Paul are both backup players who have contributed little so far this season.

Doubtful for Cowboys: QB Jon Kitna(notes)

Listed as doubtful with a back injury, Kitna has not thrown a pass since Week 2 against the San Francisco 49ers. Tony Romo(notes) is not listed on the injury list, meaning Kitna will most likely not factor in this game.

Doubtful for Redskins: None

Questionable for Cowboys: RB Felix Jones(notes), G Kyle Kosier(notes)

Still ailing from his ankle injury, Jones is questionable for the game but is expected to return from a four-game absence. That being said, rookie DeMarco Murray(notes) will remain No. 1 on the depth chart, as he leads all NFL running backs with 6.7 yards per carry. Kosier is the team’s starting right guard and will most likely be replaced by Derrick Dockery(notes) if he is unable to play.

Questionable for Redskins: T Jammal Brown(notes), G Maurice Hurt(notes), S LaRon Landry(notes), T Sean Locklear(notes)

Landry is questionable for Sunday’s game against the Cowboys with an Achilles injury. An important defender in the Redskins secondary, Landry also missed the first two games of the season. The three offensive linemen who are listed as questionable include the team’s starting left guard (Hurt), right tackle (Brown), and backup tackle (Locklear) and would cause huge problems if all three could not play.

Probable for Cowboys: LB Sean Lee(notes), P Mat McBriar(notes)

After missing Weeks 8 and 9 with a wrist injury, Lee returned to the field with a club over his injured wrist to make four tackles against the Buffalo Bills last week. McBriar is healthy enough to attempt punts with the nerve damage in his left foot, but the Cowboys will have Romo hold field goal and extra point attempts to minimize the stress on their punter.

Probable for Redskins: S Oshiomogho Atogwe(notes), RB Tashard Choice(notes), S Reed Doughty(notes), LB London Fletcher(notes), TE Logan Paulsen(notes)

Atogwe and Fletcher, two of the team’s main contributors on defense, should be healthy enough to play. If Landry is unable to play, Doughty will likely play in his place. Newcomer Choice will likely get his first opportunity to see action for the Redskins after overcoming a hamstring injury and Paulsen should be available if needed with his minor shoulder injury.

Sources:

NFL Injuries, Yahoo! Sports

Santana Moss Game Log, Yahoo! Sports

Jon Kitna Game Log, Yahoo! Sports

Cowboys-Redskins Preview, Yahoo! Sports

LaRon Landry, three O-linemen questionable for Sunday, Washington Post

Sean Lee Profile, Yahoo! Sports

Tony Romo remains the holder, ESPN Dallas/Fort Worth

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When the Washington Redskins lined up for the first play of 11-on-11 drills in the swelter of Saturday morning, the right tackle was Clint Oldenburg, whose only snaps during a regular season NFL game came in 2007. The right guard was Artis Hicks, a veteran whose poor performance last season cost him his job, one he lost to Will Montgomery, a journeyman who had been cut three times in his career. Montgomery himself lined up at center, because 48 hours earlier the Redskins cut Casey Rabach, a staple who had started 95 of Washington’s 96 games over the previous six years.

“You’re always going to be in the huddle with new guys every training camp, guys at different positions,” Hicks said. “You have to get used to it.”

The Redskins have grown used to churn along the offensive line recently, and it’s something they’re trying to stop. They took a step Sunday, re-signing Jammal Brown — the veteran who started at right tackle a year ago — to a five-year, $27.5 million deal that helps establish what Coach Mike Shanahan wants up front: continuity.

“People thought the Redskins were going to make a bunch of big signings,” Brown said by phone. “But chemistry is what Shanahan cares about and we’re building it across the line.”

When Shanahan took over as head coach prior to the 2010 season, he pleased a fan base yearning for improved play up front by selecting tackle Trent Williams with the fourth overall pick in the draft — a change in course for a franchise that had selected just five offensive linemen, and none higher than the third round, in the previous nine drafts.

That was, though, just the first bit of change for a franchise that, as recently as 2008, boasted a pair of tackles each with a decade of tenure with the team, Chris Samuels and Jon Jansen. The shift in Shanahan’s tenure has been dramatic. The Redskins’ starting offensive line for the first game of the 2009 season was Samuels, Derrick Dockery, Rabach, Randy Thomas and Stephon Heyer. Samuels retired a Redskin. The others were cut. And as training camps opened throughout the league last week, none of those players’ names appeared on any NFL roster.

Even with the Redskins’ camp under way — workouts resume Monday after the players had Sunday off — Washington’s current offensive line is still morphing. Brown should be in camp Monday, increasing stability.

“He struggled a little bit early last year, getting over an injury,” offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan said of Brown before he signed. “But he made a lot of progress those last few games. I want to get him back in here so we don’t start back over.”

That is perhaps the most essential aspect of Washington’s line play this season: having players who know the system, an increasingly rare zone-blocking scheme that Mike Shanahan made his staple during his tenure in Denver. Though there is still flux along the offensive front, the Redskins expect to have mostly players with whom they are familiar, and who are familiar with what they do. Only Chris Chester, a guard who spent the first five years of his career with Baltimore and signed a five-year, $20 million deal as a free agent, is likely to be a complete newcomer. Chester can begin practice with his teammates Thursday, assuming the new collective bargaining agreement is ratified by then.