[Dirtbag59]

I believe that the only way to fix this team is to have them tank the season. At the same time the defense will show that they are worthy of being considered among the best in the league, but that will only be to insure that Washington isn't seen as some sort of Elephant Graveyard to potential Head Coaches.

A lot of us heard recently that Snyder's next head coaching candidate would have to be someone that could work with Vinny. This is unacceptable in my book. The guy has only been involved with a playoff team (with the Redskins) while Gibbs was around. However with Spurrier, Turner, and Zorn the team has never even made the playoffs. 5 years is more then enough to find out how someone is doing and unfortunately Cerrato has failed. Not miserably but he doesn't have the offense (smash mouth) to compliment a tough defense.

Going 2-14 would hopefully be the wakeup call to Snyder in that he needs to realize that you can't go 2 out of 3. You can't go for the best coaches, best players, and then settle for your best friend as GM while you talk about the next big receiver or running back you can add to the team.

Of course then when you actually make a good draft pick you have the coaching staff put him on the inactive list. It's almost like Cerrato and Zorn want to fail.

At the same time Orakpo really is getting ready to become the Cooley of the defense. I remember looking at the stat columns during games early in Cooley's career while shaking my head thinking "this guy is going to be good." I now find myself saying the same thing about Orakpo. Of course at one point I was saying the same thing about Betts (2006) and Campbell (first half 2008).

In the end though I seriously believe that the only way this team can have long term success is to have a season so bad that the organization is all but forced to run properly, starting with a quality GM.