Portis punches Zorn in the brain

Well, sorta. During an interview on The John Thompson Show today, Clinton Portis unloaded on Head Coach Jim Zorn, sarcastically referring to him as a “genius” and then asserting that Zorn doesn’t know when Portis should be blocking and when he should be going out on a pass pattern. Portis also pointed out that although he was officially taken out of the game because he hadn’t practiced all week, MLB London Fletcher played the entire game after not practicing during the week due to injury. Portis then suggested that if he is so injured that he should be placed on injured reserve. 
Cindy Boren at The Post has a partial transcript of the interview. Go read it. 
Hours later in an interview with the same radio station [980 AM in DC], Zorn seemed to play it all down, saying Portis has played well, is healthy and will practice this week. He reiterated that Ladell Betts played instead of Portis because Betts had practiced all week and was more familiar with some of the things they wanted to do. Zorn also insisted Portis would not be placed on injured reserve. 
This is not the first confrontation between Portis and Zorn. The two don’t like each other and perhaps Zorn doesn’t like the Dan Snyder star system that has made Portis above the law at Redskins Park. That Portis plays hard is beyond dispute, even Zorn doesn’t contradict that. Zorn says Portis isn’t as precise on some routes as Zorn would like and that Betts is doing a better job running those routes. Perhaps.
However, the real problem with the offense is that the offensive line is bad and now injured and bad and the offensive system is boring, predictable and not scoring points. It seems to me that Zorn needs to focus his attention on doing whatever is possible with the offensive line and calling better plays. Whatever problems the offense has, and it has many problems, Portis’ route-running is far down the list.
Focus, Zorn. Don’t get into fights with players you resent. You don’t have time for that. Focus on the team’s real problems and don’t get distracted by side issues because the real problems seem insoluble. Focus.