Casserly for Redskins' GM

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WITH ALL THIS TALK of Jim Zorn's imminent — or not — firing, it occurs to me that a change may be needed higher up to fix the Redskins.

A team that virtually ignores the draft — and forgets it hasn't had a pass rush this decade — would be better off with a different decision maker.

And while it may be easy to say Vinny Cerrato must go — doesn't that have a nice ring to it? — the search for a replacement could begin and end with one man.

He' the person who, in Houston, bypassed the obvious pick of Reggie Bush and went with Mario Williams with the No. 1 overall choice three years ago. And when he was in Washington previously, he fought the temptation to draft Ricky Williams and instead traded down and got Champ Bailey. Both look like great moves now.

Yes — Charlie Casserly is the right man for the job. Better yet, he's available (he currently works for CBS as an analyst).

Growing up professionally during the Redskins' heyday, he knows the way to build a winner is through the draft and through shoring up both lines.

Cerrato has brought talent here, but the wrong kind. By relying on free agency and trades, there is a constant Band-Aid solution for the Redskins' biggest hole.

The defensive front is a constant problem; the offensive line is aging rapidly. That is where the center of Washington's offseason must be.

Casserly would know the right players to take. A return to the past might give the Redskins a steady hand for the future.

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