Redskins waste no time ditching Zorn

There are no official records kept for this sort of thing, but the Redskins barely waited 12 hours after their regular-season finale to kick coach Jim Zorn to the door.

 

The official announcement came at 7:41 a.m. ET Monday morning. The Redskins didn’t finish their game Sunday until after 7 p.m., and then had to travel cross-country. Which means Zorn barely had time to get his feet on the ground before owner Daniel Snyder made the announcement everyone has anticipated for month.

 

Mike Shanahan has already emerged as the clubhouse leader to take over the team. But GM Bruce Allen isn’t putting all of his eggs in one basket in case Shanahan pursues lucrative offers from other teams.