Dallas win

It was a funny experience watching the Sunday Night Football game online while also getting scoring updates in the iPhone with the Yahoo! Sportacular app.

Case in point. I'd previously paused the stream so I was about a minute behind. At the end of the half, Dallas has the ball and looked like they might drive down for a half-ending FG. Then I get an alert that Washington is up 10-0. Meanwhile, the stream is showing that with less than 30 seconds left, Dallas still has the ball. Down to 11 seconds, Dallas still had the ball. At this point, I thought the Sportacular alert must have been wrong. Then down to 4 seconds left and I could only guess that there was going to be an INT return for a TD.

Meanwhile, Tashard Choice catches the ball in flat on the last play of the half so I'm still perplexed on what might happen. Until DeAngelo Hall (player!) comes over to stand him up and strips him. Beautiful!

Very ugly on offense. A lot of kinks to work out. I would have preferred to see Fred Davis more involved. He definitely needs to be involved in the passing game when there's no quality WR depth after Santana Moss.

Changes

As previously foretold, Zorn was fired after two years and no playoff appearances.

It's wonderful to have Cerrato gone an have real football men making the decisions. People may knock Shanahan and Bruce Allen every which way (no championships after Elway, the Bucs had a mixed record during Allen's tenure) but the bottom line is that they are both fine upgrades over Zorn and Cerrato.

Second year receivers

Fred Davis is turning out to be a fine tight end. He has really stepped it up in Chris Cooley's absence. Regular 2 TE formations next year is a must.

On the other hand, although Malcolm Kelly and Devin Thomas are playing larger roles, they still have to be considered major busts. Two thoughts on these big young receivers:

(1) DeSean Jackson - the Skins passed on the speedy Cal receiver/PR twice. Kelly and Thomas will always be compared to the Eagles' second rounder. He has made a huge impact as a big play guy, had 900+ yards last season and is over 1000 this season with double digit TDs. Hard to see either guy turning into a 1000 yard receiver next year.

(2) Rod Gardner - 'Nuff said.

Bruce Allen

Hurray! Anything is better than Vinny Cerrato. Of course, a new owner would be ideal but that's not happening.

It's nice that Allen has the old family ties to the organization, at least for sentimental reasons. That won't have much bearing on Bruce Allen's effectiveness in his job other than his heart will be completely in it. Big question is how much he can educate Snyder on what a professional football organization should really be.

Quarterback

Dan Snyder is both a great owner and an infuriating owner. He's a great owner in the sanme way that Jack Kent Cooke would open up his pocketbook to acquire any star player necessary. It's too bad that these days championships are won by building through the draft with solid scouting and talent evaluation.

Unfortunately, to that point, Snyder is an infuriating owner because he gets involved in personnel decisions with the football talent evalutation skills of a fan, not a trained eye. Being infatuated with Mark Sanchez? C'mon man! Give Campbell a chance to succeed... On the other hand, the fact that Campbell hasn't succeeded by now doesn't bode well for him.

The Danny really has to set Vinny aside (how about Operations Executive) for the good of the franchise and hire an up-and-coming football executive as personnel decision-maker.