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By the time you are reading this maybe Jason Garrett is no longer the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Or maybe he still is, and Jerry Jones is continuing to draw out a process that seems to have such an obvious ending.
Either way, Garrett is not going to be on the Dallas sidelines next season. After another disappointing season it’s time for everyone involved to move on.
It’s also time for the Dallas Cowboys to find their new coach… and there’s only guy who should be up for that job – Jerry Jones.
Crazy, I know. But hear me out.
Jones can jump in front of the cameras and get on radio shows and try to say he’s all about winning and he wants this franchise to be Super Bowl contenders, but it sure doesn’t seem like that is true.
For Jones, it seems like the Cowboys being a reality show that continues to be talked about ad nauseum on all the morning yelling shows on TV and all the radio shows in Dallas and across the country is the most important thing for him. Could you imagine any other franchise with just three playoff wins in the last 22 years being such a hot topic for various shows?
If you needed more proof of Jones’ need and love of attention look at what he’s doing with this Garrett situation. The decision should have been made Sunday night. Instead, Jones set up a meeting with Garrett on Monday and reportedly has another on the books for Tuesday. He knows this is what everyone is going to be talking about and he has to love being the story despite the NFL playoffs starting this coming weekend.
Jones has loved the circus atmosphere that he seems to create around this team every season. All of those press conferences after games where he sometimes throws gasoline on a lit fire are a lesson in narcissism that easily could have been avoided. Name another GM or team owner that does that just about every week?
Yup, there’s just one – Jerry. Jones.
So now he should go all in on the act and make himself the head coach. He can put on a headset and walk up and down the sideline clapping his hands and smacking players on the behind as they run on and off the field. The amount of attention he would get would be massive and likely overwhelming for just about anybody not named Jerry Jones.
He can hire some coordinators who can handle all the X’s and O’s, which will free him up to be a cheerleader and make him feel like he’s really a part of what’s happening on the field.
Jones has proven time and again that the Cowboys really aren’t about winning. He did that way back in the day when he hired head coaches named Chan Gailey and Dave Campo and he did that recently when he chose to stick with Garrett for 10 mostly underperforming years.
It’s time for Jerry Jones to push all of his chips into the center of the table and give the football world what it needs – total chaos in Dallas.
You know he’d love it.
Monday’s biggest winner: Richard Sherman.
The 49ers CB correctly shot down Tony Dungy’s complaints about that PI no-call at the end of Sunday night’s wild 49ers-Seahawks game. Defenders need to be able to defend and Sherman is right for calling out those who disagree. That was a good no-call, BTW.
Quick hits: Playoff power rankings… Le’Veon Bell’s perfect reply to Adam Gase… Adam more!
– Steven Ruiz ranks the 12 teams still alive in the NFL and says one of these four teams will win it all.
– The Jets are already a mess just one day into the offseason.
– Drew Lock really knows his Jeezy.
– Eli Manning’s mindset about free agency isn’t going to pay off.
– A gambler lost close to $75K on the Patriots on Sunday. Ouch!
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