Cerrrato Says Zorn Won't Be Fired this Season

Yesterday morning, on his radio show on Sports Talk 980, Redskins Exec VP of Football Operations Vinny Cerrato said Jim Zorn would not be fired this year:

Per the AP: "Jim Zorn will remain the Washington Redskins coach 'for the rest of this season and hopefully into the future..."

This statement by Vinny, and his ensuing ridiculous and patently unbelievable explanation of how the play calling duties ended up with Sherm Lewis, set off a firestorm with local sports media.

What did it mean? Was Vinny sincere? Was it all a media ploy by Snyder? Was Gibbs behind this?

Here's what I think - the guarantee came from Cerrato and is only valid if Cerrato sticks around, which as Jessica has pointed out on this site earlier - his days may be numbered. I think Cerrato knows that he and Zorn's fates are intertwined at this point. The only way Cerrato sticks around is if Zorn stays or Cerrato somehow manages to buy enough time to convince Snyder that his fate shouldn't be Zorn's fate.

I think Cerrato is sincere - for once. I think as far as Vinny is concerned Zorn will be the coach for the rest of the year. The bad news for Cerrato and Snyder, however, is that if the Skins continue to lose it won't be Cerrato's decision. Unless they can turn things around in the next couple of weeks, Cerrato and Zorn may be shown the door in Ashburn.