There were a fair number of people who questioned Jim Zorn being named the Redskins head coach. He was originally brought in to be the offensive coordinator in early 2008, then weeks later, after Joe Gibbs retired, he was quickly promoted to head coach by Dan Snyder. Zorn doesn't exactly have the most impressive resume, since the highest rank he's ever had in the NFL is QB coach - aside from those few weeks he was an OC in the offseason.

And Zorn isn't helping shake his image as a complete neophyte with his bizarre QB drills in training camp. Below is a non-doctored photo of Colt Brennan and Jason Campbell playing, uh, dodgeball. Except with a massively oversized training ball (courtesy of Mr. Irrelevant).


What purpose this drill serves, I have literally no clue. An attempt to blow out Brennan's arm is my best guess. Or perhaps Zorn watched too many episodes of The Prisoner on TV when he was younger and wants his players to know how to avoid dangerous orbs (go to 1:48 of the video to understand what the hell I'm talking about).

If you think the dodgeball is weird, then you'll love this other drill Zorn is subjecting his QBs to. Having them go back to pass while getting pads thrown in their face.



Clearly Zorn wants to make sure that if a full scale riot breaks out during a football game, his QBs will be fully prepared to lead the team down the field to victory.

Seriously buddy, I have no clue what the hell you're hoping to achieve with these drills, but good luck this season. You'll clearly need it.

Zorn breaks out his bag of toys [Mr. Irrelevant]