It appears that Jay Gruden’s tenure in Washington won’t end well. At least he’ll have plenty of company to commiserate with.
His immediate predecessor, Mike Shanahan, left a pile of burnt ash in Ashburn. His saga careened from Donovan McNabb to Rex Grossman to Robert Griffin III — with a splash of John Beck and a hint of Kirk Cousins — before the veteran coach departed with 24 wins against 40 losses.
Before that, Jim Zorn completed one of the craziest coaching stints in NFL history. He’ll forever be the sole answer to an absurd trivia question: Who was hired as an offensive coordinator in January, named head coach the following month, and later was stripped of play calling and replaced by a bingo caller?