Jim Zorn strode the sidelines with the swagger of a veteran in his debut as an NFL head coach in Sunday night’s Hall of Fame Game, notably mastering the technique of covering his mouth with his laminated, handwritten note-covered game plan while calling plays.

But nobody’s perfect.

“If you saw all the thick, heavy ink, I heard there was some flashes of some of the game plan on camera and stuff,” said Zorn. “I just have to write smaller.”

In one sense, the rookie skipper was poking fun at himself. Yet, it may indeed have been the only thing he overlooked in the Redskins’ remarkably organized and composed 30-16 victory over Indianapolis in which Washington quarterbacks were nearly perfect (19-for-22) while the Redskins as a team committed just four penalties.

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“Usually, I’m solely concentrating on one position,” said Zorn, who most recently was the quarterbacks coach in Seattle. “But I’ve been at it for a while, and I knew what to expect in a game. I was just determined to be ready for all the things that were facing me.”

Zorn gets his kicks running the offense, of course, meaning he had no idea special teams coach Danny Smith had prepped the squad about the potential of an onsides kick on the game’s first play.

“I was just excited about calling plays,” said Zorn. “I was wondering how it was going to be on the sideline, and everybody took over, did their job. I think what showed was the staff that we have, they have a lot of experience.”

He offered similar praise for the veterans and starters.

Asked about next weekend’s FedEx Field debut, Zorn spoke about the pro-Redskins crowd at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio, incorporating lessons from his official Washington introduction, when he called the Redskins’ colors maroon and black.

“It was like having a home game,” he said. “There was a lot of burgundy in the audience … I think it will be just times ten in our own stadium so I’m looking forward to it.”