Jim Zorn and Steve Largent have been great friends, ever since they were a pretty solid QB-WR tandem in Seattle with the Seahawks. Now, Largent is sticking up for his much-maligned buddy, saying that the situation in Washington is all Dan Snyder's fault, and that Zorn almost quit when his play-calling privileges were stripped.
Here are Largent's comments:
"Yes, he did consider it, and no, he did not want to give up those responsibilities, but they went to the point of pulling out his contract and saying, 'You have got to do whatever the owner tells you to do.' But in my opinion, and this is just totally my opinion -- Jim has never said this, never implied this -- I think what Daniel Snyder was trying to do was to force Jim to resign so he was not liable for his contract any longer. And Jim is just not going to do that. He inherited everything that he has to work with today and yet all the blame is being laid on his feet because he can't make them a Super Bowl champion, which I could have told you two years ago, they don't have a Super Bowl-quality team. And so it doesn't matter how good a coach you have, you are not going to get there with the players the owner gives you. I know it's frustrating for Jim. He is making the best of it."
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