Jim Zorn now works for Ravens

After being fired by the Washington Redskins, former Redskins head coach Jim Zorn was welcomed by those in Baltimore Ravens to be their quarterbacks coach, sticking to his last before being hired to be Redskins coach.

Indeed, as a head coach, Zorn’s performance had been disappointing. In his first year coaching those in Redskins jerseys, the Washington team went to 8-8, but in the second season, the 2009 season, the team experienced a hug setback and slumped to 4-12. Zorn did not bring much hope to Redskins fans, who might be happy to see what a new coach could bring to them.

Well, as a quarterbacks coach, Zorn could at least be considered experienced. He used to be a quarterbacks coach for the Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks. And Ravens Coach John Harbaugh thinks that could be called a “great resume” as such experience has made Zorn be familiar with Ravens offense enough to be a qualified quarterbacks coach.

Redskins RB Portis to miss fourth game with concussion

It seemed that the NFL’s new, stricter instruction on return-to-play of players with concussion symptoms could cause quite a few big-name players to miss more games. The Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis is one of those players as he will miss his fourth consecutive game this Sunday because of some lingering symptoms from a concussion.

The Redskins coach Jim Zorn said Friday that Portis "still has a little dizziness" when performing certain tasks. And it has been about one month since Portis was hurt during a Nov. 8 game against the Atlanta Falcons. If not because of the new rules, I guess both Zorn would be glad to have Portis play anyhow this Sunday against the New Orleans Saints, and Portis would be as glad to wear back Redskins jersey after missing so much time.

While Zorn is expecting that defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth will return to play with the team after missing two games with a sprained left ankle, he doubted that cornerback DeAngelo Hall may miss the his second consecutive game this Sunday because of sprain on right knee.

Former Redskins Coach Gibbs has not plan to return to Washington

As recent rumors and internet reports said that Hall of Fame Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs could return to the team as an adviser or even general manager, the current owner of three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams said Sunday that he definitely has no plan to do that.

The Redskins are 2-4 entering their Monday night game against the Philadelphia Eagles. And current coach Jim Zorn was relieved of his play-calling duties after the team lost 14-6 last week to the winless Kansas City Chiefs. It was then the rumors came out as Redskins fans were calling for changes. General Manager Vinny Cerrato has said there are no plans to replace Zorn this year.

Although returning to the struggling team is not among Gibbs’ plans, he did not think that the Redskins coaching job is so tough under owner Dan Snyder.

“When I was there last go-round, we had somebody that was a passionate owner, cared about things and supported me in every way,” he said. “I think any NFL team, it’s tough when you’re not winning, and those things are easy to get off. All you’ve got to do is look around this year and Tennessee and some of the other teams are struggling that were real good last year.”