The Post's Redskins beat reporter Jason La Canfora really ripped the Redskins a new one today. La Canfora has been relentlessly negative towards the Redskins for years. He viciously rips Snyder and Cerrato every single day, especially on his Post blog. Needless to say, I really enjoy his work. He actually calls Snyder and Cerrato on their endless bullshit. Maybe he could move to the White House beat and teach the Post's Obama-groupie political reporters something about speaking truth to power!
I certainly agree with his assessment of the Redskins' talent level. Other than the secondary, the Redskins' overall talent is average at best, and certainly far below the Giants and Cowboys. The team is also old and brittle, especially on the offensive line. I'd say the only genuine building blocks we have for a future champion are Cooley, Landry, Rogers, and maybe Campbell. That's a start, but our lines need a total overhaul that probably can't be accomplished in one draft.
Despite the obvious failure of the talent procurement and scouting operations, it feels like the Redskins' management is starting to quietly lay the groundwork to fire Zorn, at least if La Canfora is accurately recounting what Zorn was told on the air by official team shill Larry MIchael:
Michael was sitting there with Jim Zorn, and was quite miffed that a reporter - in this case, Jason Reid (The Mayor) - would question Zorn about the lack of obvious talent at certain positions and point out what a detriment that is to the coaching staff. Michael then proceeded to prompt and cajole Zorn into boasting about the excellent talent procurement we've seen over the years here (Michael managed to do this with a straight face).
If Snyder was willing to eat millions of dollars to fire Schottenheimer, I'm sure he'd be willing to do the same for Zorn if he thought he could get Cowher or Holmgren. But he's delusional if he thinks anyone good is going to work here, especially with so many better jobs probably opening up (like Cleveland, Jacksonville, San Francisco and maybe even San Diego). Remember that nobody wanted to work for Snyder last winter, which is why he hired Zorn in the first place.
Zorn has made some mistakes, but I will say that he appears to be making progress with his number one priority:
Campbell's QB rating has gone from 77 last year to 85 this year. That's only 17th in the league, but teams like Pittsburgh, Carolina and Tennessee are winning with quarterbacks with even
lower ratings.
