Jim Zorn Better Get That Resume Ready

In sports, one team's celebration is another's despair. This happens every single game, but sometimes the feelings are more drastic, depending upon circumstances.

The big news from Detroit Sunday afternoon was that the Lions won their first game since December of 2007. The ecstasy felt from those in the Lions organization was likely equal to the rage being felt by Washington Redskins' owner Dan Snyder right now. His Redskins were the first team to lose to the Lions in the last 20 games. This was coming off as bad a win as you could imagine -- a 9-7 triumph over the hapless Rams, where the Redskins appeared allergic to the end zone.

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Washington head coach Jim Zorn, barring any major turnarounds here in the next few weeks, will likely start to feel a little heat in the seat.

Zorn's an offensive mind, and the offense hasn't produced the points you'd expect against shoddy defenses like the Rams and Lions. In Week 1, the Redskins only scored on a fake field goal and a late tack-on touchdown. In Week 2, they were kept out of the end-zone by a Rams team who has allowed 64 points in their other two games.

Sunday, it was more of the same early. The Lions stuffed the Redskins on the one yard-line early in the game. It was a curious decision by Zorn, considering the score was 0-0 at the time. You have to wonder if he'd let all the talk about them not getting into the end-zone the previous week factored into his decision to go for the touchdown instead of taking the points and the lead. If so, is this really what a head coach should be considering during a game? No matter the reason, the Redskins went into halftime with zero points against a Lions team that had allowed 72 points in the first two weeks of the season.

Things did pick up in the second half a bit -- Jason Campbell ended up with 340 yards and two touchdowns through the air -- but they still only scored 14 points on Detroit's maligned defense.

Most curious was the final play call of the game. The Redskins had the ball on Detroit's 36 yard-line and they went with an underneath route, which morphed into a double hook-and-ladder. It appeared the play was intended to be a hook-and-ladder to Antwaan Randle El. The play began on the 36, though. Did Zorn seriously not think Campbell could loft one into the end-zone -- for the win -- from about 45 yards away (after his drop)? Why do the 'Skins even bother to employ 6-foot-4 Malcolm Kelly if not to use him on a play like this?

If nothing else, Zorn's gonna get killed in the DC-area media and talk radio shows this coming week for play selection (again).

There hasn't been word yet from Redskins brass on Zorn's job status, but they likely won't fire him just yet. It's only been three weeks. Still, we know Snyder isn't exactly scared to axe coaches and then pay big money for a new one. With names like Mike Holmgren, Bill Cowher, Mike Shanahan and Jon Gruden sitting on the scrap heap for next season, Zorn's gotta be getting a little hot under the collar -- even if the Redskins haven't even played a quarter of their schedule.

As we mentioned in the headline, it's probably not a bad idea for Zorn to get that resume together. You know, just in case.