As you know, earlier this week the Redskins demoted Antwaan Randle El on punt returns and made CB DeAngelo Hall the man. We approved of this move, though not the timing of it:
I think I speak for many Redskins fans when I ask: Why didn't this happen sooner? Sure, Randle El has only recently begun fumbling, but it has been obvious since before Thanksgiving of LAST YEAR that the offense was in a major funk that it will not might not come out of as long as Dan Snyder, Vinny Cerrato and Jim Zorn are making the decisions on this team for a long time. The offense has needed a boost from the special teams for some time, but nothing was done about it until now. As is often the case with this franchise, the obvious decision is made only after it could make a real difference.But that was then and this is now. Randle El is back in and Hall is back out.
Coach Jim Zorn today contradicted comments he made the previous two days about the team's punt return situation, saying after practice "nothing has changed" and Antwaan Randle El would remain the team's primary returner. "Antwaan, I guess he got asked a couple of questions, and he came into my office to talk about it," Zorn said. "I said, 'Well, there's really nothing to talk about. Nothing has changed.' That's how I would bill it. There's no difference." ... On his radio show Tuesday, Zorn said he wasn't certain who'd return the first punt Sunday against the Falcons. Asked the same question after practice Wednesday, Zorn said Randle El would return the first punt. Asked to explain his comments about Randle El on his radio show, Zorn said he never made an official statement regarding the situation. "Remember, I was asked that on every single thing I did yesterday," Zorn said. "I did four or five interviews yesterday. That was the No. 1 question. And I guess what I'm doing is saying there's not as much to it as whatever's been reported."Things being what they are at Redskins Park, we have no idea if Zorn just changed his mind, was talking out of his ass [repeatedly] or if he made a decision and had that decision reversed by Vinny Cerrato or Dan Snyder or Sherman Lewis or Danny Smith or Snagglepuss. Look, it's not like this is a huge deal. The Redskins are bad this year and have been bad for most of the last 10 years for reasons totally unconnected to the identity and production of the team's #1 punt returner. This is just indicative of the fact that the powers-that-be at Redskins Park are confused, contradicting each other and themselves and generally not organized the way a team two months into the regular season ought to be. Greg Blache actually spoke to the media today -- to deny that Dan Snyder is the black-hearted villian John Riggins says he is.
Read more at
http://dcprosportsreport.com/2009/11/05/smoke-signals-bs-from-zorn-blache.html
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