The Whole Calling-Plays-From-The-Booth Thing Was Not A Debacle

Yes, we've reached the point of the season where "was not a debacle" is high praise.Anyhow, I've heard from a few people that the Redskins play-calling chain -- Sherm Lewis in the booth radioing to Sherm Smith on the sidelines radioing to Jason Campbell on the field -- was the subject of some skepticism during last night's TV broadcast.And why not? It was the subject of some skepticism here as well.Here's what Sherm Smith said about the procedure on Thursday:"When I was in Tennessee," he recounted, "we did this with Norm Chow -- he was in the press box, Craig Johnson called plays -- and there were startup costs to that. There really was. There were the delay of game.... So that's natural. That's gonna happen. It can't be helped."And, later, this:"We're gonna try not to get those penalties," Smith said, "but it's ... I don't want to say it's inevitable, but it could happen, and I wouldn't be...