Jason Garrett, 4-2

Hello,

I haven't written about the Dallas Cowboys for awhile. Jerry Jones finally fired Wade Phillips after a horrendous start. He replaced him with offensive coordinator Jason Garrett as interim head coach. Since then Jason Garrett has gone 4-2, 4 times as many wins as Phillips was responsible for. As with many other fans I'm wondering what could have been if Garrett could have been the head coach since the start of the season. He has brought a discipline and toughness to the Cowboys. Two things they were sorely lacking in with Phillips as head coach.

With Jerry being Jerry, I have a feeling that Garrett will be back next season. I'm not completely sold on him, but I think he has earned a shot to be the head coach. Jerry says he's considering other people. He may be but I think he's going to go with Garrett. With some of the curious decisions that Jones has made, at this point I think he's a lot more concerned about looking like a football genius rather than winning.

However now the issue to be resolved is that porous defense, giving up 4 touchdowns to Rex Grossman. They almost gave up the win as well, but Rex returned to his normal Rexness. I just don't get how he's in the NFL anymore. He's probably the worst quarterback to ever start a Super Bowl. The other thing Dallas needs to fix before next season is to learn how to win at home again. Dallas finished 2-6 at home and will finish with a better road record. How often does that happen?

Dallas plays two more meaningless games, then it's the off season. Things that Dallas needs to do in the off season. 1) Determine within a couple of weeks at most whether Garrett is the man. If so let him finalize his staff for next season. 2) Think about what players to let go and what type of players they need to bring in for next season. Obviously the offensive line needs to be improved dramatically and it's time for Marion Barber to move on to another team. 3) Prepare for the NFL draft, I think the #1 priority would be getting some quality offensive linemen. The second priority is to get the quarterback of the future on the team. We need to start phasing Tony Romo out. If Dallas wants to return to the promised land, they need a high quality quarterback. Romo is not the man for that. I wouldn't mind seeing Jon Kitna coming back next season. I think he has been a better quarterback than Romo, but he obviously isn't a long term solution either. 4) Have a solid training camp, letting Garrett fully install his complete system. 5) Reduce the hype about the Cowboys as much as possible. Maybe Jerry and the Cowboys can have a little humility. Even better would be if they could be overlooked some, maybe even a bit disrespected. Put a chip on their shoulder and have them fight through some adversity.

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