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Washington Redskins head coach Jim Zorn hasn't seen his play calling questioned much this year. Well, except here. And here. And here, and here, and here, and here...If Zorn thought the boo-birds were after his head before, he's about to get a new lesson in career guidance from everyone in the nation's capital. And he'll deserve every bit of it after the work he did in Washington's 14-6 loss to the formerly winless Kansas City Chiefs. In a day in which the Redskins got only seven first downs despite gaining 265 total offensive yards, Zorn reached a new low in clipboard theory. First, there was the formation used in the play with six seconds left in the first half. The Redskins were down, 3-0, and they had fourth-and-2 at the Kansas City 36. For all the crap Zorn has taken for running risk-averse offenses when he'd be better off going for the gusto, it's a standard principle of the West Coast Offense he's so familiar with to get a quick out to your mos...
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