Is Cerrato on the Hot Seat?

Mike Florio of Profootballtalk.com has an intriguing post that Vinny Cerrato's fate is intertwined with that of Jim Zorn. And unless cows start flying soon, Zorn is going to be fired. So could that mean that Cerrato will also be fired?

For the vast majority of fans who are asking for a front-office shakeup, firing Cerrato would be a silver lining to the almost unbearable state of the franchise. From Florio's post:

Redskins fans, there might be signs of hope in D.C., after all.

We're hearing that there's a strong belief within the Redskins organization that the fates of coach Jim Zorn and V.P. of football operations Vinny Cerrato are tied together.

So if/when Zorn goes, Cerrato could be dumped, too. (There's a chance Zorn would go after the Eagles game next Monday, and that Cerrato wouldn't be fired until after the season ends.)

That might help explain why Zorn and Cerrato will decide tomorrow who'll call the plays for the rest of the year. And why Zorn didn't simply refuse to give up his play-calling function.

Firing Cerrato would be such a positive for the franchise that it would take the sting out of what is shaping up to be a possible 2-14 season. In fact, I would gladly toss away the season to get rid of Cerrato as the team needs to move on, the sooner the better.