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Jim Zorn returns to Washington with XFL

The former Redskins coach is back in town with a new league.

Jim Zorn is back in Washington coaching football — but not with the Redskins.

Zorn is the lead man for the XFL’s Seattle Dragons and makes his return to the city this weekend for a game against the DC Defenders — led by Pep Hamiton.

He spoke with the Washington Times’ Matthew Paras about his tenure with the Redskins:

“I didn’t get to finish the things I wanted to accomplish. In that respect, I would have liked to continue on and so, it left me, in my mind, trying to build and not be able to follow through.”

Zorn spent two years with the Redskins, going 8-8 and 4-12 before Dan Snyder pulled the plug on the experiment.

He later went on to take two different positional jobs in the NFL before an extended absence. Now he’s back in Washington, at least for Saturday, while trying to start over as lead man for a startup league.

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Russell Wilson nearing Seahawks franchise record in passing yards

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is 389 yards away from passing Matt Hasselbeck as the franchise leader in passing yards.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is 389 yards away from passing Matt Hasselbeck as the team’s franchise leader in passing yards.

Wilson, now in his eighth season with Seattle, has accrued 29,046 total passing yards, well ahead of Dave Krieg (26,132) and Jim Zorn (20,122) who are in third and fourth place, respectively.

Wilson has racked up 3,422 of those yards this season, for an average of 263.2 yards per game. So while he probably won’t pass Hasselbeck this Sunday in Carolina (the Panthers have yet to give up over 365 passing yards in a game this season) he seems destined to take over the record the following Sunday, at home against the Cardinals.

Wilson is already in first place in touchdowns and wins, despite being just fourth in total games played. He’ll move into a tie with Zorn for third place after Sunday’s game, and should pass both Krieg and Hasselbeck next season – barring an injury.

Wilson and the Seahawks will be focused on getting a win and securing a spot in the playoffs over individual accomplishments, but it’s no surprise that he is steadily climbing to the top of the record books in Seattle.

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XFL’s Seattle Dragons reveal uniforms for inaugural season

The XFL’s Seattle Dragons revealed their uniform combinations on Tuesday, with roughly three months until their season is set to begin.

Fans finally know what the Seattle Dragons, the newest football team to start up in the Pacific Northwest, will be wearing when they take the field in February as part of the upstart XFL.

The team revealed their uniform combination at a dinner event on Tuesday evening, hosted by the team’s head coach and general manager, former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Jim Zorn.

The uniform combines the classic green and blue coloring of nearly every Seattle sports team, while also adding an orange dragon-like flair that somewhat resembles the color scheme at the University of Miami.

The XFL will wear navy blue home jerseys, and white jerseys with orange numbers on the road.

“I love them,” former Seahawks receiver and current Dragon Kasen Williams told media members on Tuesday. “I think my favorite part is the helmet, most definitely. The whites flow. The home jerseys with the all blue, they go, too. I’m a big fan.”

The Dragons are set to begin their training camp this week, and will look to evaluate their roster and make changes before the season begins on February 8, 2020 – one week after the Super Bowl.

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