Banged-up Redskins band together when it matters to edge Giants

Washington guard Shawn Lauvao could not help but laugh, even with a walking boot on his right leg, as he listened to Trent Williams explain it again one locker over. Injuries to Lauvao (ankle) and center Kory Lichtensteiger (calf) had forced Williams, a four-time Pro Bowl left tackle, to slide inside to guard, where he hadn‘t played since... “Never. Never ever. Never. Not one time, not a one-on-one, not a practice rep, nothing.”

Williams accidently lined up in a tackle stance at least once, setting his feet at the wrong angle. Another time he set up too close to the ball. On a tunnel screen, he had no idea who he was supposed to go block. But when the 0–2 Redskins needed it most, Williams…