Zornometer midterm grade

I have total confidence this guy can take it to the Lombardi.......soon

yes we finally have something going on. we just need to be rolling when the playoffs come and we have to beat the freaking giants.convinsingly

I gave him a 5 because of just the situation Zorn was in. I do agree; if your going to rate coaches who have been in the league 3+ years, then I would use the 5 for someone who wins playoff games/Super Bowls. But for him to lead this team to 6-2 with much better play calling and an obviously positive effect on Jason Campbell, I couldn't give him anything less.

He has exceeded my expectations.

The only time I've questioned the Z-Man was at halftime of the Detroit game when I was pissed they would'nt take a shot downfield. Then Campbell hits Moss for about 59 yards. Do I have full confidence in him? Yes. I give him a 5.

I gave him a 5. I was expecting a 2 after week 1. A win is a win. Beat Dallas and Phili on the road. 6-2 deserves a 5. When was last time Redskins went 6-2? 1992?

5. I don't see how anyone can NOT have total confidence in him.


There are several reasons why some dont have TOTAL confidence in him.
Lets just take the last game.
Against the Lions, opening drive, getting 10 yard chunks.
Then at the 3 yard line, you get fancy and run Campbell...thats right CAMPBELL...why? I have no idea, we end up getting a FG and firing up the home crowd on a goal line stand. Buges and Gibbs would have smashed em in the mouth with Sellers/Portis 4 times in a row and destroyed their confidence.

Also, at the end of the game, not going for the first down to seal the game, rather choosing to run some clock out and giving the ball back...he did that agaist the Browns and Rams too I think...at least one of em....
What happened to the go for the throat in this situation...is that only agaist teams that are playoff contenders?

And he still hasn't found a way to convert yards to points...defensive coordinators have figured him out a bit....keep everything between the 20's and that sometimes neutralized time of possesion.

And until they pulled ARE on punt returns, I would say that was lame....I was screaming for it..next thing I see, Moss returns one for a TD...so I'll shut up on that one.

I gave him a 4, but he needs to evolve, adjust his play-calling a bit to get in the endzone, where the hell is Cooley inside the 20?...Sellers can even grab some, where is our 2 TE set in that situation that everyone used to justify sigining a rookie TE? Right now this offense is all Moss and Portis...defenses know we cant do a fade in the corner of the endzone because of height issues.
Kudos on benching Jansen when he was sucking.

Regarding Defense.
We should have benched Jason Taylor by now, he obviously has no experience benching himself in order to get healthy....now were in risk of losing any productivity for the year...
James should be groomed, Wilson should be used more, even Washington as end occassionally, we are not being creative enough on the DE position in 3rd and long
...and....what about Washington....at some point, we may need to bench him to, if blades is any better.

Special teams has been particularly weak on coverage.
Good job on ditching the rookie punter, the new guy looks fat and servicable.
High risk move changing holders though, I would have used the backup QB from preseason to avoid risk...however, the gamble has paid off and things look fine.

I have also noticed that sometimes Zorn struggles to get plays called soon enough in the last 2-3 games...costing timeouts on a couple occasions.

Overall, he is doing great but playing down to competition does not equal a 5 to me....if you cant blowout the Lions, you cant blowout anyone.
He's got a lot to learn...but overall, I am suprised at how well he is doing.
It was wise to not change the running game or the defense.

Big kudos from me...just don't drink all the kool-aid in one gulp.

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We won. :)

:goodjob:

I agree almost 100% with skinsnut. There's a lot to be happy about, but Zorn still needs to get better in some key areas.

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We won. :)

We won 4 in a row with Gibbs 2.0 (twice). I don't see anyone dishing out 5s there. Like the man said - sip the kool-aid slowly for best effect.

Solid 4. I very impressed in the direction the team is going. I'm holding back the 1 until I see the team fire on all cylinders. Right now, they play well enough to win. I would like to see some killer instinct and put teams away early and roll it up until the end. The offense shows great potential but they have to convert more third downs, score more touchdowns and commit less penalties. The defense does a great job of limiting the opposition but they still are not creating turnovers or sacks. To beat good teams, they need to create turnovers.

I give him a

5