Jim Zorn is done in 5 games and after 2 years of watching him I think the initial calls that Snyder hired a coach that lacked the seasoning proved accurate. Certainly some of Vinny's moves helped doom Zorn as well.
But the enduring mystery in 2009 is how and why this club started to play better after suffering so many injuries and after losing so many giveaway games.
Was it the reduction in expectations and pressure on a team with less talent than ownership saw?
Was it younger and hungrier players proving what Gibbs believed, that a team with a few stars and a bunch of overachievers could go further than a team deep in egos?
Whatever the reason, make no mistake that after camp and the preseason this team was not ready to compete against the likes of Detroit and Kansas City.
While the Redskins were not a Super Bowl contender, the team did and does have the talent to beat Detroit and KC.
The fact it took so long for Zorn to engender that sense of urgency felt at half-time of the Atlanta game is just cause for his dismissal.
This team is average and by NFL parity standards that is 6-10, 7-9 or 8-8.
Not 3-13 or 4-12.
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But the enduring mystery in 2009 is how and why this club started to play better after suffering so many injuries and after losing so many giveaway games.
Was it the reduction in expectations and pressure on a team with less talent than ownership saw?
Was it younger and hungrier players proving what Gibbs believed, that a team with a few stars and a bunch of overachievers could go further than a team deep in egos?
Whatever the reason, make no mistake that after camp and the preseason this team was not ready to compete against the likes of Detroit and Kansas City.
While the Redskins were not a Super Bowl contender, the team did and does have the talent to beat Detroit and KC.
The fact it took so long for Zorn to engender that sense of urgency felt at half-time of the Atlanta game is just cause for his dismissal.
This team is average and by NFL parity standards that is 6-10, 7-9 or 8-8.
Not 3-13 or 4-12.
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