The Washington Redskins announced Saturday that they have placed tackle Chris Samuels on season-ending Injured Reserve. Samuels sustained a neck injury against the Carolina Panthers on October 11. A 10-year veteran, Samuels played in five games this season and was inactive for the team's last two contests. The six-time Pro Bowl selection has started and played in 141 regular season games since entering the league in 2000.

Redskins executive Vinny Cerrato believes the team has given coach Jim Zorn all the tools needed to win. Washington is 2-5 heading into their bye week. "Frustrating and disappointing with 2-5," Cerrato told NFL.com. "It's not where we expected to be." When asked twice if he believed he gave Zorn a roster that could reach the playoffs, Cerrato said "Yes" each time.

Redskins tight end Chris Cooley might play again this season after all. Despite reports that he was done for the season, Cooley could return in a month from a broken right ankle. He'll have surgery on Wednesday. "3 pins go in the ankle tomorrow. Hopefully be back in 4 weeks. Thanks for all the support," he wrote on his Twitter page. Earlier Tuesday, coach Jim Zorn said Cooley would be sidelined a minimum of six to eight weeks and would probably be placed on season-ending injured reserve.

The Redskins are no longer allowing fans to bring signs to games at FedEx Field. The team has issued a blanket policy about signs of any kind being brought into the stadium, according to the Washington Post. The policy is relatively new. A few weeks ago the team banned only inappropriate and offensive signs.

Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth ripped his teammates following their loss to the Eagles on Monday night. "Urgency, heart, 'want-to,' whatever. I don't know. We're lacking a lot of stuff right now," he told the Associated Press. For the second straight game, fans left FedEx Field in Washington, D.C. early. "The fans are losing interest. The more games we play, the fewer fans come. It's getting bad," Haynesworth said.

Redskins tight end Chris Cooley is done for the season after breaking his ankle on Monday night, according to sources. Cooley will undergo surgery this week and be placed on season-ending injured reserve, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. "I don't think we can hold the roster spot open," Washington coach Jim Zorn said Tuesday, "so we'll be looking for another tight end to come in and help us out."

Redskins tight end Chris Cooley and Eagles running back Brian Westbrook both suffered injuries on Monday night. Philadelphia defeated Washington 27-17 in the Week 7 battle. Westbrook left with a concussion in the first quarter. "We'll just see. We'll see how he is. I'm not going to put him out there when he's at risk," Eagles coach Andy Reid said of his status for Sunday's game against the Giants. Cooley broke his right ankle on the first play of the second quarter and will be out "for a while," coach Jim Zorn said.

Former Redskins coach Joe Gibbs has no plans to return to the struggling franchise. Gibbs laughed off internet rumors on Sunday that linked him to Washington, who are 2-4 entering Monday's game with Philadelphia. "That's what it is. Talk," Gibbs said at a NASCAR event. "Right here's where I'm GMing." He also disagreed with the idea that the Redskins coaching job is one of the toughest in the NFL under owner Dan Snyder. "When I was there last go-round, we had somebody that was a passionate owner, cared about things and supported me in every way," Gibbs said. "I think any NFL team, it's tough when you're not winning, and those things are easy to get off. All you've got to do is look around this year and Tennessee and some of the other teams are struggling that were real good last year."

Redskins legend Joe Theismann says that Jim Zorn wasn't ready to be a head coach in the NFL. "If I do want to look at one area, I have to say it was giving Jim Zorn -- an inexperienced playcaller, an inexperienced head coach -- putting him in charge of a football team, an operation that he may not have been ready to take on," Theismann said on NFL Network's NFL GameDay Morning. He described the team as "talented," but said Zorn is overthinking his offense. "They need to stop this shuffling system of trying to get everybody on the field," Theismann said. "It's package after package after package. If you look at this Redskin offense you think you wandered down Christmas morning and you looked under a Christmas tree because there's umpteen packages. You need to stick with your guys on the football field. ... Why do you take Santana [Moss] off the field?"

Redskins coach Jim Zorn can't find a positive in the team's decision to strip him of play-calling duties. "No," Zorn told the Washington Examiner. "I don't look at that as a positive." Zorn doesn't think there will be benefit to having "less on his plate" -- the term used by executive vice president Vinny Cerrato.