"Yur Doin A Heckova Job, Zornie"

I did not see the beginning of the Redskins loss to Cincinnati, nor did I see the end of it. But I saw enough to know that this was the team's worst loss since Norv Turner's milquetoasty reign of terror effectively cut any ties to Joe Gibbs well coached team-of-the-decade '80's Redskins. It was the kind of loss that makes you reassess the quality of every player, every coach, and every member of the front office. A team with playoff aspirations went to Cincinnati and lost to a 1-11 (and 1) team. Maybe we could live with that. Maybe. But this team got out-played, out-coached and out-worked. Vastly. And that we can't live with.

So, fire Jim Zorn? Cut Jason Campbell? Fire Vinny Cerotto? Maybe... Maybe these are over-reactions following a painful and season-ending loss. Great teams aren't born over night, they take time and talent, and this new regime hasn't had either.

Still its hard to look past the fact that the problems this team entered the season with have only been added to, worsened, and further brought to the fore. No player has stepped up on offense to help address the Redskins lack of receiving depth and no coach has yet devised a plan to cover it up. Its difficult to evaluate any quarterback who is constantly running for his life, but even when Jason Campbell has time he often misses open receivers with bad throws or simply doesn't see them.

In short, everything that went so right in the early season wins in Dallas and Philly has completely backfired. Everything the team did well in going 6-2 to start the season, they've done horrendously in going 1-5 to close it. And it all culminated in a giant holiday turd sandwich delivered to all Redskins fans on Sunday. Mmm... Yummy.

So, fire Jim Zorn? Cut Jason Campbell? Fire Vinny Cerotto? Maybe...Then again, does it really matter? When you think about it, all we've got left in Redskinfanland is six months of questions with no right answers.