Garrett deserves THE blame

Dallas Offensive Coordinator Jason Garrett deserves the blame for the current wreck that is the Dallas Cowboys. In my seemingly annual “Dallas Cowboys are going down the drain” post, I want to call out the guy that the media has been giving a free pass to. Jason Garrett is the problem with the Cowboys. When Garrett signed that big contract I called Jones out on how bad of a signing that was. The guy hasn’t proved anything and got a huge contract. He may be smart and well spoken and even may sound like he knows what he’s talking about. That hasn’t translated to anything on the field.

Truth is there is no track record to keep giving this guy praise. It’s popular to pick on Tony Romo. He is more fun to blame. Romo has proven he can play. Garrett no longer has an excuse now that Terrell Owens is gone. TO called Garrett and Romo out last year and they threw him under the bus. TO may be nuts, and how he handles adversity is always news worthy, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true.

Garrett is a gadget loving play caller. His plays have very little continuity. He doesn’t know how to use play action. He doesn’t know the art of mixing and setting up plays. He calls random pass plays and he loves to line up in shotgun no matter the down and distance. These kinds of coordinators drive me nuts. It’s all show with complex routes and formations. The pass plays are more sideline to sideline than down the field. Most of the running plays are draws. The downfield plays are forced and it’s frustrating. You have to work very hard for every play because of the complexity.

Garrett has three very good RBs and should be utilizing them into giving the Cowboys an identity. Then setup play action and take some of the burden off of Tony Romo to open up the downfield passing. But it’s not going to happen. Garrett is terrible and Jerry Jones is hard headed and won’t admit he was wrong. It was he and his son who “discovered” Garrett off of a bad Dolphins team 3 years ago. He was their QB coach. I said it in my post about Garrett back then and I’ll say it again, no one was knocking down the door to sign then QB coach Garrett. Jones will hold on because he CAN’T be wrong. Meanwhile the ‘Boys will continue to be an average football team. Romo will continue to get the blame and eventually Wade Phillips will be fired. The only hope for the ‘Boys is maybe they’ll hire Mike Shannahan after another disastrous season.