Heyer in, Jansen out; Thoughts on the Mike Wise column

September 1, 11:04 PMWashington Redskins ExaminerMark Newgent

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It's official.  Stephon Heyer has supplanted Jon Jansen at right tackle. This is obviously tough for Jansen, the longest-tenured Redskin the last decade. However, Jansen’s level of play has deteriorated over the last three years. He missed all of the 2004 season with a ruptured Achilles tendon and most of 2007 with a broken leg. 

Zorn, the offensive-minded head coach, the ex-quarterback, is being practical. Instead of collecting extra weapons for his side of the ball, he opted to give Greg Blache and Danny Smith a couple more tools with which to do their jobs.

 

It seems that Zorn knows that he has his work cut out for him in crafting this offense into a well-oiled machine. He knows that in order to stay in games while the offense is in on the job training mode he'll need a defense that can constantly rotate in fresh linemen to keep pressure on the other team's quarterback and that he'll need plenty of hands in the backfield to cover multiple-receiver sets.

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In the matter of the Mike Wise column, I’d like to associate myself with Rich and Mr. Irrelevant. Rich makes the best counterargument to Wise. However, coming from the political blogosphere, I can reinforce Jamie Mottram’s argument that mainstream media’s disdain for bloggers is all too real, and that some in the traditional media just don't get it.

I will admit, I lauded Wise for advising Redskins fans to wake up from the past. However, I now know better than to trust the instincts of a guy who wears a “stop bitching and start a revolution” t shirt.