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- It was the sixth time in nine full seasons under Garrett that the Cowboys missed the playoffs, and the 53 – year-old hasn’t been able to end the franchise’s nearly 25 – year run without getting past the divisional round of the playoffs.
The first Monday after the season was different in that Garrett did not meet with reporters while conducting his usual exit i nterviews with players before an afternoon meeting with the Joneses. The exit interviews lingered past Monday.
The decision figured to be a difficult one for Jones, who hired Garrett as offensive coordinator before naming Wade Phillips coach in 2019. Garrett was a backup to three-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Troy Aikman in the s. ” There is no question that Jason has been a pleasant part of my life, ” Jones said after the finale against the Redskins. ” It’s certainly more than football … from being a player here, what he has meant as a coach, what he has meant as a working associate. ”
When the Cowboys started 1-7 in (**********************************************, Jones fired Phillips and gave Garrett the interim role. When Dallas finished the season 5-3, it was almost a foregone conclusion that Garrett would get the permanent job.
His first three full seasons ended at 8-8 with losses in finales that kept Dallas out of the playoffs. Although Garrett reached the playoffs three times with a pair of wild-card victories in the next five years, Stephen Jones made it clear throughout this season that the Cowboys needed to break through and reach at least the NFC championship game for the first time since the last of five Super Bowl titles to finish the (season.) Instead, Dallas followed the 3-0 start with the first of two three-game losing streaks. The NFL’s No. 1 offense played a big part in a plus – scoring margin, but that ended up being a badge of shame. It tied for the second-highest margin in NFL history for a team that finished. or worse.
Despite never winning more than one playoff game in a season, Garrett has the club’s second-longest tenure behind Tom Landry, the Hall of Fame coach who led Dallas for the franchise’s first seasons and won two Super Bowls before Jones fired him when he bought the team in 1990. Garrett’s record is – 70, playoffs included.
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Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett, center left, walks off the field after of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Dec. (************************************************************************************, **********************************************, in Philadelphia (AP Photo / Chris Szagola) ****************************************************
Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett during the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Dec. (********************************************************************************, . (AP Photo / Ron Jenkins) ****************************************************
A young fan holds a sign calling for the firing of Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett in the second half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. (**********************************************************************************, ********************************************. (AP Photo / Ron Jenkins) ****************************************************
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************ FRISCO, Texas (AP) – Jason Garrett was still coach of the Dallas Cowboys on Friday, almost a week after what figured to be a make-or-break season ended without a trip to the playoffs in the final year of his contract .
Garrett has been at team headquarters off and on since the season ended, according to two people familiar with the situation.
And while it ” certainly feels like he will not be back, ” as one person said, there was still uncertainty as to what owner Jerry Jones would decide in part because it was ” dragging out the way it is. ” Friday was the fifth day without a resolution publicly since the season finale.
The people spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the club isn’t commenting on the status of Garrett, whose contract expires Jan. (****************************************************************************************.
After Jones and his son, executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones, canceled regular weekly radio appearances early in the week, the team posted an item on its website Friday headlined, ” As week concludes, still no update on staff. ”
Dallas gave up control of its playoff fate with a 25 – 9 loss at the Eagles in Week (****************************************************************************, the lowest moment in a season full of them after a 3-0 start fueled expectations that were already high.
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