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Steve DeShazo's column Date published: 12/14/2009 By Steve DeShazo WHEN HE RETIRED as Since Gibbs seems to be the only person Daniel Snyder deigns to listen to, Gibbs should make a phone call to Ashburn today. His message should be this: Don't give up on Jim Zorn and Jason Campbell just yet. OK, beating the Raiders isn't enough to save anyone's job. And maybe in his mind, Snyder has already fired both his coach and his quarterback and is simply waiting until the end of the season to make it official. But considering the myriad problems the Redskins have to fix in the off-season--and Snyder's notorious impatience to win--is it really worth it to start from scratch yet again? When he was hired, Zorn said he expected his players to become truly familiar with his offense by the end of his second season and to know it by heart by the start of the third. Zorn's not Nostradamus, but he's been proven fairly accurate. Whether he and Campbell get a shot at that third season remains to be seen. But say this about Zorn: His players haven't quit on him (nor he on them) when each side had plenty of chances to do so. Just as integrity is defined by what you do when no one is watching, the sign of a professional is how you execute when the outcome is meaningless In the past month, the Redskins are just 1-3. Zorn has been stripped of his play-calling duties--but, to his credit, he has retained his dignity. Two of Campbell's five offensive linemen weren't even with the team in training camp; another has changed positions. Campbell also has lost his Pro Bowl tight end and his two top running backs to season-ending injuries.
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