Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told reporters after Sunday’s game that he feels good about HC Jason Garrett, even though the team was eliminated from playoff contention.
“Just so we’re clear about it, I do understand frustration right after you lose a game that has as much meaningfulness as this ballgame, but I get to look at a lot of different things and have been around a lot of head coaches and coordinators,” Jones said, via ESPN. “I feel good about our head coach.”
According to Jones, they’ll look at everything following their 21-12 loss to the Seahawks, but it doesn’t sound like Garrett is in serious danger of losing his job.
“We’ll just look at everything. We certainly will look at this game,” Jones said. “We played a team that’s got a good chance to be in the playoffs out there, and we will have a lot of time to think about it when that’s not us in there. Believe you me, we’ll be second-guessing some playcalls for sure, but that’s not really what happened out there today. We played a good team. We let them hang in there way too long, and then as good teams do, they got inspired by some turnovers, and there you go.”
Garrett is one year removed from being named coach of the year. However, that has done much to quell concerns over how he’s handled the team.
Even so, Jones has been a big supporter of Garrett over the years and it doesn’t sound like he’s in danger of being replaced for the 2018 season.
Garrett, 51, began his NFL coaching career with the Dolphins back in 2005 as their quarterbacks coach. After two years in Miami, the Cowboys hired him as their offensive coordinator and he eventually worked his way up to head coach.
Over the course of his eight years in charge of the Cowboys, Garrett has led the team to a record of 66-53 (55.5 percent), which includes two playoff appearances.
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