The hiring of Jim Zorn drastically changes the landscape of fantasy football for certain Washington Redskins players.  Most noticeably: Clinton Portis, Santana Moss, Jason Campbell and essentially the Redskins defense.

Zorn will move the ‘Skins from a smash-mouth/Air-Coryall mix to a traditional West Coast offense.  The biggest immediate benefactor of this move is running back Clinton Portis.  Gibbs required Portis to bulk up to 215-220 lbs., nearly 10-15 lbs. over his playing weight during his days in Denver.  Zorn will allow Portis to get back down to his most successful weight of 205 lbs. and allowing more opportunities for Portis to get out ahead in open space and wreck havoc in the open-field.  It's hard to gather how Zorn is going to use Portis specifically-looking at the Seahawks offense, there are few similarities in personal between the two teams.  Alexander is a completely different back than Portis is, both in a physical sense and his running style.  Also to keep in mind is how Zorn might use Mike Sellers, who isn't as good a blocker as Strong was but is a stronger runner and pass-catcher out of the backfield.

Another big winner in the Zorn hiring are the ‘Skins wide receivers.  Santana Moss and Antwaan Randle-El excel in the open field.  After Campbell took over for Brunell, Gibbs and Redskins coordinator Al Saunders tried to use Santana completely different than the way that worked.  They sent Moss on a lot of go routes, using his pure speed to try and get behind the corners and safeties.  While that worked, it's not Santana's game.  He excels on short routes and using his speed to make the first person miss.  Randle-El plays the same way.  Watching the ‘Skins play in 2005, you would have seen a lot of screen passes to Moss and allowing him to get to the second level.  Zorn will use both of these guys to get them in the open field and allow them to make people miss, while still taking shots down the field when necessary.  Outside of DJ Hackett, the ‘Skins receiving corps mirrors the ‘Hawks pass-catchers verbatim.

Jason Campbell took a huge leap in year three.  He will take an even greater leap in year four.  Zorn specializes in quarterback play and has already begun the process of lessoning the burden on Campbell.  Immediately, Zorn started pointing out the flaws in the center-to-quarterback transaction-making sure Rabach kept his behind in the air so Jason wouldn't have to bend down as low (if you haven't seen Campbell take a snap-make sure you do.  Being 6'5, his knees are almost even with his chest).  Also, Zorn has spoken of not touching Jason's throwing motion.  In the WCO, it's all about timing.  Five-step drops and get rid of the ball.  Jason's windup is so long but as Zorn says is due to his long arms.  All these things add up to more confidence and minor details which will allow Jason to succeed as a quarterback in the NFL.