I understand the need to get the taste of the Carolina game out their mouths. The obvious tradeoff is that you risk injury to your starters in a meaningless game versus building up their confidence. Zorn’s making one of those judgment calls where he will come out looking like a genius or if a key starter gets hurt, he risked too much for too little a payoff. I say let that bitter taste foment one more week to unleash in the opener against a division foe on the road.

But I’m not Jim Zorn and he’s earned my respect so far. So here’s to hoping that fortune does indeed favor the bold…

The Examiner’s John Keim says we will miss Phillip Daniels more than we know:

The Redskins will miss Phillip Daniels more than they realized. Or, at least, more than fans realized. The coaches know what Daniels meant, especially against the run. And it’s evident that opposing teams will now pound the ball against them. Their ends are pass rushers first, so teams will take advantage with draws. The ends get upfield creating an opening and the tackles get blocked by one guy, allowing another blocker to attack the linebackers. It’s why defensive coordinator Greg Blache has always liked having one end anchor the run. He lacks that now. Also, when Andre Carter and Jason Taylor line up at left end, they’re still adjusting to reading the tight end, which has led to some trouble against the run as well.

"Hole in the Eagles shirt"

Chris Cooley is fast endearing himself to Redskin fans. This time he is setting out to right an egregious wrong. Someone purloined Chief Zee’s tomahawk at the Bills game earlier this month, (h/t to Matt Terl). Cooley is offering an autographed jersey as a reward for the safe return of the tomahawk.

I was going to save this story for another time, but Chief Zee is the reason I am a Redskin fan. You see in my younger days (five years old) I was a brain dead Eagles fan. By that I mean I liked them only because my favorite color was green and I liked the wing logo on their helmets. I even had one of those jerseys and fake leather sleeved varsity jackets from the old Sears catalog. That all changed the day I walked into Martens Chevrolet in Silver Spring, where one Zema Williams worked as a salesman. My parents were in the market for a new car and I joined them on the visit to Martens. I happened to be wearing said jersey and jacket. As soon as I walked in, one of the salesmen said “uh oh, you better take that off.” As soon as Zema walked out my Dad said, “Son you’re in trouble.” After some good natured ribbing, Chief Zee took his cigarette and put it out on the front tail of my jersey. Amazingly, there was no burn on it. A nifty trick! Chief Zee signed a Martens business card, “Hole in the Eagles shirt, go Skins.” I never wore the jersey or the jacket ever again, and took my rightful place in Redskins Nation. In fact, I hate green so much now that I am a global warming skeptic.

UPDATE
Chief Zee's tomahawk has been returned.

Odds n Ends

Matt Terl has a nice write-up on the Welcome Home Luncheon.

Chris Cooley and his brother Tanner are branching out into the film industry.

The Curly R had a hard-hitting series on Dan Snyder’s Red Zebra venture. Whatever the means how it happened, living in Baltimore I really appreciate having four stations broadcasting Redskins programming. If one is not coming in clear, I can usually get one of the others to tune in clearly. I missed the Sports Reporters and Steve Czaban tormenting “Andy Polley.”

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Other than the Dallas games, the other game I have circled on the schedule is the Dec. 7 matchup against Baltimore. You see I live in Baltimore, and I wear my Skins gear on a near daily basis just to tickle that famous Baltimore inferiority... Read More
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