Dallas Cowboys: Jason Garrett Needs His Walking Papers.
By cowgirlcas
What has happened to ‘Americas Team’? It seems the more hype put out by owner and general manager Jerry Jones about any acquisition by the Dallas Cowboys turns out to be a disaster. The lack of discipline and inconsistency shown by the Dallas Cowboys since Jason Garrett (following the mid season termination of Wade Phillips) took over as head coach in 2010, is evident. Weather or not he was qualified for the job, is seriously brought in to question.
December 26, 2011; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton on the sidelines against the Atlanta Falcons during the first half at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-US PRESSWIRE
On Tuesday, suspended New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton (formerly with the Cowboys) was asked if he’d be interested in the head coaching job in Dallas.
"“I’d rather answer a bounty question,” Payton said, via The Times-Picayune. “Right now my focus is on staying with New Orleans and really getting back on the sidelines.”"
What does that tell you? The fact that he would rather talk about the bounty scandal is a solid indication that he wants nothing to do with Jerry Jones or the Dallas Cowboys. Why do you think that is? People are tired of Jerry Jones and his traveling circus. He has done a great job of marketing the Cowboys, too bad selling jerseys and promoting Papa Johns pizza doesn’t win football games. The biggest blunder since jumping out and giving Doug Free all pro left tackle money to end up being a below average Right tackle, was the hiring of the inexperienced Jason Garrett as the head coach. I was against it in the beginning and the guys at the top of my list were, Jim Harbaugh, John Gruden, Bill Cowher, and Brian Billick.
Lets face it, it takes more than a Princeton education and warming the bench behind hall of fame quarterback Troy Aikman on a resume to be qualified as a head coach in the NFL. What is the tie between Jerry Jones and the Garrett family to begin with? Jason is the head coach, Judd is in charge of the scouting department and John is the tight ends coach. Maybe the Garrets are the problem. I previously wrote an article about the predictability of Jasons’ play calling, you can see it here.
Lets take a look at the decline in the Cowboys production since Bill Parcells and Sean Payton left town.
2011 Garrett/Ryan
| Team Statistics | ||
| Cowboys | Opponents | |
| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 327 | 305 |
| FIRST DOWNS (Rushing-passing-by penalty) | 91 – 219 – 17 | 78 – 199 – 28 |
| THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS | 78/198 | 81/204 |
| FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS | 5/10 | 4/11 |
| TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS | 6008 | 5491 |
| OFFENSE (Plays-Average Yards) | 1017 – 5.9 | 972 – 5.6 |
| TOTAL RUSHING YARDS | 1807 | 1585 |
| RUSHING (Plays-Average Yards) | 408 – 4.4 | 385 – 4.1 |
| TOTAL PASSING YARDS | 4201 | 3906 |
| PASSING (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 376 – 570 – 12 – 7.8 | 336 – 545 – 15 – 7.6 |
| SACKS | 42 | 39 |
| FIELD GOALS | 32/37 | 26/33 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 39 | 38 |
| (Rushing-Passing-Returns-Defensive) | 5 – 33 – 0 – 1 | 10 – 24 – 0 – 4 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 31:24 | 29:33 |
| TURNOVER RATIO | +4 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| DeMarco Murray | 164 | 897 | 5.5 | 91 | 2 |
| Felix Jones | 127 | 575 | 4.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Sammy Morris | 28 | 98 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Jason Witten | 79 | 942 | 11.9 | 64 | 5 |
| Dez Bryant | 63 | 928 | 14.7 | 50 | 9 |
| Laurent Robinson | 54 | 858 | 15.9 | 74 | 11 |
| Miles Austin | 43 | 579 | 13.5 | 53 | 7 |
2012 Garrett/Ryan
| Team Statistics | ||
| Cowboys | Opponents | |
| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 75 | 65 |
| FIRST DOWNS (Rushing-passing-by penalty) | 13 – 61 – 1 | 19 – 38 – 8 |
| THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS | 19/48 | 19/53 |
| FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS | 1/3 | 5/6 |
| TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS | 1456 | 1110 |
| OFFENSE (Plays-Average Yards) | 248 – 5.9 | 226 – 4.9 |
| TOTAL RUSHING YARDS | 271 | 432 |
| RUSHING (Plays-Average Yards) | 79 – 3.4 | 113 – 3.8 |
| TOTAL PASSING YARDS | 1185 | 678 |
| PASSING (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 110 – 161 – 8 – 7.7 | 64 – 104 – 1 – 7.2 |
| SACKS | 9 | 8 |
| FIELD GOALS | 5/5 | 6/6 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 7 | 10 |
| (Rushing-Passing-Returns-Defensive) | 1 – 6 – 0 – 0 | 2 – 5 – 0 – 3 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 30:25 | 29:34 |
| TURNOVER RATIO | -7 |
2007 Parcells/Payton
| Team Statistics | ||
| Cowboys | Opponents | |
| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 322 | 304 |
| FIRST DOWNS (Rushing-passing-by penalty) | 83 – 217 – 22 | 86 – 195 – 23 |
| THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS | 84/199 | 85/216 |
| FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS | 10/14 | 10/18 |
| TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS | 5851 | 4922 |
| OFFENSE (Plays-Average Yards) | 975 – 6.0 | 1008 – 4.9 |
| TOTAL RUSHING YARDS | 1746 | 1513 |
| RUSHING (Plays-Average Yards) | 419 – 4.2 | 381 – 4.0 |
| TOTAL PASSING YARDS | 4105 | 3409 |
| PASSING (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 342 – 531 – 19 – 8.1 | 342 – 581 – 19 – 6.4 |
| SACKS | 46 | 25 |
| FIELD GOALS | 26/31 | 25/31 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 54 | 36 |
| (Rushing-Passing-Returns-Defensive) | 14 – 36 – 0 – 4 | 12 – 19 – 2 – 3 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 30:33 | 29:26 |
| TURNOVER RATIO | +5 |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Tony Romo | 520 | 335 | 4211 | 64.4 | 8.1 | 36 | 6.9 | 19 | 3.7 | 59 | 24 | 176 | 97.4 |
| Brad Johnson | 11 | 7 | 79 | 63.6 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 85.0 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Marion Barber | 204 | 975 | 4.8 | 54 | 10 |
| Julius Jones | 164 | 588 | 3.6 | 25 | 2 |
| Tony Romo | 31 | 129 | 4.2 | 17 | 2 |
| Tyson Thompson | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Brad Johnson | 5 | -5 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Owens | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Jason Witten | 96 | 1145 | 11.9 | 53 | 7 |
| Terrell Owens | 81 | 1355 | 16.7 | 52 | 15 |
| Patrick Crayton | 50 | 697 | 13.9 | 59 | 7 |
Tony Romo.
| Career Stats more | |||||||||||||||||||
| Season | Team | Passing | Rushing | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||
| G | GS | Comp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | SckY | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | FUM | Lost | ||
| 2012 | Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 4 | 101 | 151 | 66.9 | 1,148 | 7.6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 78.5 | 12 | 12 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2011 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 16 | 346 | 522 | 66.3 | 4,184 | 8.0 | 31 | 10 | 36 | 227 | 102.5 | 22 | 46 | 2.1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 2010 | Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 6 | 148 | 213 | 69.5 | 1,605 | 7.5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 94.9 | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 16 | 347 | 550 | 63.1 | 4,483 | 8.2 | 26 | 9 | 34 | 196 | 97.6 | 35 | 105 | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2008 | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 13 | 276 | 450 | 61.3 | 3,448 | 7.7 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 123 | 91.4 | 28 | 41 | 1.5 | 0 | 13 | 7 |
| 2007 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 16 | 335 | 520 | 64.4 | 4,211 | 8.1 | 36 | 19 | 24 | 176 | 97.4 | 31 | 129 | 4.2 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| 2006 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 10 | 220 | 337 | 65.3 | 2,903 | 8.6 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 124 | 95.1 | 34 | 102 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
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