Everything bad that’s been written about the Redskins occurred during the game against the Chiefs Sunday. So now we’re just waiting to find out who will be the interim head coach, and whether Zorn will be fired before or after the Philadelphia game next Monday
night.

So enough negativity. After three hours of utter depression, let’s talk about what worked.

Redskins defensive coordinator Greg Blache finally realized that the entire point of having strong-side linebackers that are former defensive ends is to send them after the quarterback. Hopefully he’ll remember that both Brian Orakpo and Chris Wilson got sacks…in the first quarter.

Newly installed left tackle Stephon Heyer gave up his second safety in consecutive weeks, perhaps setting a new team record. On a related note, Zorn followed up his previous week’s lateral run out of his own endzone with a five-step pass into the endzone with only the fearsome fivesome blocking for his quarterback.

Oh wait, we were trying to be positive. Sorry.

…well, the backup punter was good.

But on a serious note, Zorn became completely desperate in the second half, benching Jason Campbell and Clinton Portis in the second half. While we don’t blame Zorn in trying just about anything to win, he could have brought in John Elway and Jim Brown during their primes, and neither would have done any better.

The offensive line just plain sucks. No playcalling, no quarterback, no running back is going to make this offense any better.

The team has had some bad luck in this regard, no doubt, with two major injuries to the starting five. That happens to everyone, and there’s not a whole lot you can do about it.

However, this is Redskins defacto GM Vinny Cerato reaping what he sows. He’s neglected the offensive line in the draft and in free agency. In the draft, Cerato has only taken two offensive linemen in five years and only Chad Rinehart remains with the team. Rinehart, of course, is teetering over the edge of “bust”.

In free agency, other than replacing Pete Kendall with Derrick Dockery, Washington has done virtually nothing but sign a bunch of retreads and other team’s garbage. For reasons completely passing understanding, the Redskins had four (four!!) Carolina Panthers castoffs on their offensive line during training camp. When was the last time the Panthers were known for their o-line?

This is the latest symptom of a franchise that has merely reacted and shot from the hip rather than creating and executing any sort of plan for developing players for the future.

As we close this rant, let’s ask this question: did the Redskins really need to draft (a) a third-round cornerback and (b) three linebackers in the 2009 draft? What if the third round pick and one of the linebackers had been offensive linemen? Maybe the team would stand a chance the rest of the way.