Joe has long believed when Chucky returned to coaching, the likely stops would be Dallass or Washington.

When the Redskins began circling the drain earlier this year, Joe was pretty convinced Chucky would wind up as the next Redskins coach.

A few weeks ago Joe heard rumors that Bruce Almighty and Chucky would go to Washington in a package deal. Well, it seems the first shoe has fallen.

Earlier this morning Redskins owner/tyrant Danny Snyder canned longtime puppet Vinny Cerrato. It took just a matter of minutes for Snyder to name Cerrato’s replacement.

That would be Bruce Almighty, reports Rick Maese of the Washington Post.

Vinny Cerrato has resigned as the Redskins’ executive vice president of football operations, the team announced Thursday morning, and it appears Bruce Allen, the son of former Redskins coach George Allen, will take over as the team’s top executive.

Allen, whose hiring was reported by radio station ESPN 980, served as a senior executive with the Oakland Raiders from 1996-2003. He then was general manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2004-08, when he and Coach Jon Gruden were ousted in a sweeping, season-ending change.

It’s just a matter of time — three weeks perhaps? — that the Redskins bring Chucky into the fold.

And we all know what taking Chucky’s salary off of Bryan and Joel’s payroll means for the Bucs.