FanHouse Vinny Cerrato

I've mentioned it before but as long as the Redskins continue to flail their way through the season, and owner Dan Snyder and the assistant to the traveling secretary Vinny Cerrato continue to incite an already disgruntled fan base, I suspect we'll see more of the creative spirit to help supporters cope with the rampant incompetence.

Today's offering: BangCartoon's "Flawed Execution." John Tayman is the guy behind the art and, sadly, he's a Redskins fan. But the suffering makes the final product all the more heartfelt, poignant and funny as hell.

Fun starts after the jump.

We can add Bill Cowher's name to the litany of folks who have weighed in on the Jim Zorn situation in Washington. After the 'Skins lost to the then-winless Chiefs last Sunday, Zorn's tenure in DC was pretty much done -- except that Assistant to the Traveling Secretary Vinny Cerrato went on the radio to proclaim that Zorn's job would be safe through the end of the season.

His job description would change, however. Sure, owner Dan Snyder brought in Zorn specifically because of his ability to develop quarterbacks and put together an offensive game plan, but now, 21 games into his first head-coaching gig, Zorn would have to give up play-calling duties to Bingo Grand Master Sherm Lewis.

During Sunday's CBS pregame show, former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher was not impressed. Via Newsday's Neil Best:

Good news, Jim Zorn supporters: the head coach isn't the problem in Washington. It's the shoddily assembled roster, most of which is littered with players who either a) don't understand their roles, or b) can't physically execute the offense.

That's the word according to ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski, who said as much during Friday's appearance on Tony Kornheiser's DC-area radio show.

Via the Sports Bog:

It looks like we can call off the Jim Zorn Deathwatch. For the next couple of days anyway.

Redskins executive vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato said on his ESPN980 radio show Friday morning that Zorn won't be fired before the 2009 season reaches its conclusion.

"Let me start by making a few things very perfectly clear: Jim Zorn is the head coach of the Washington Redskins, and will be for the rest of this season, and hopefully into the future."

Cerrato's hardly an impartial party to this decision. When and if Zorn gets fired and when and if Daniel Snyder brings in the big-name coach everyone expects he'll bring in as a replacement, Cerrato will be the next head on the chopping block.

I'm not sure how John Riggins would fill his days if not for the futility that Redskins football provided. He's carved out a nice little niche in a crowded DC-area media landscape.

Partly because he was an integral cog in those 'Skins teams that routinely made the playoffs in the early 1980s, but also because he's frank in his assessment of the current organization, not to mention his attention to details others might overlook. Like, say, production quality (and free-stylin').

There are no metaphorical wood piles this week, however. Nope, just Riggo on the radio diatribin' it up. Video after the jump:

I lived in Washington, DC for four years, and it was more than enough time for me to come to hate the Redskins. But that was earlier this decade, when Joe Gibbs had returned to the nation's capital to rescue the franchise he had previously led to three Super Bowl titles.

Gibbs was hailed as a savior, the one man who could save Dan Snyder from himself and, frankly, it all got to be a bit much. But after less than two years of Jim Zorn, I've softened my anti-'Skins stance, mostly because it's such pitiful situation. And it would be one thing if Snyder and Vinny Cerrato were the only victims in this sideshow, but Gitmo detainees have been better treated than Redskins' fans.

But as the Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg writes, some good has come from the hopelessness: "One thing about this Burgundy Revolution; whatever happens in the end, it's been beautiful to see the creative flowering this unrest has engendered."

Danny Rouhier, disaffected 'Skins supporter, has taken his story to the YouTubes. It's poignant and funny. But mostly poignant.

Not only is John Riggins a speaker of the truth, he's a storyteller using both words and images to convey his message. Take the YouTube below, for example. The piles of chopped wood? Yeah, that's a metaphor for the Dan Snyder Redskins.

Riggo's first target: Vinny Cerrato. "Your head coach has basically been castrated by the guy you work for. ... Let's face it, your real, true passion is radio so I would say just go ahead and go radio full time. ... I mean, you're a great guy, Vin, but you're no GM."

I can't imagine what Stephen Krupin did to anger the baseball gods, but the Washington Nationals season-ticket holder somehow managed to have a worse year than the 103-loss Nats.

Krupin brought himself to sit through 19 home games, and on 19 occasions he left Nationals Park a loser. Yep, he was oh-for-2009. The poor guy documented his travails in an email to the Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg.

George Michael is a longtime D.C.-area resident, former host of The Sports Machine, and he also happens to be BFFs with Dan Snyder. And Thursday, he appeared on Mike Wise's radio show to defend the embattled Redskins owner. Because no one would expect Snyder to show his face in public after being humiliated in Detroit Sunday. (What must Tom Cruise think?)

Whatever, Michael makes an impassioned plea on his pal's behalf, pointing out that Snyder isn't intentionally a jerk, he's just misunderstood. (Thanks to DC Sports Blog for transcribing):

So, why did a team who ranked fourth in the NFL in total defense draft a defensive player in the first round?

Because Brian Orakpo fell to the 13th pick, was one of the most versatile defensive players in the draft, and improves an area where the Redskins were lacking. Defensive coordinator Greg Blache doesn't blitz, but that doesn't mean the Redskins couldn't use some pressure on the quarterback. That's (presumably, though we can't really be sure with Vinny Cerrato and Dan Snyder at the helm) why they coughed up a second-round draft pick for Jason Taylor. With injuries hampering Taylor, the Redskins managed only a paltry 24 sacks.

Enter Orakpo.