Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sizing up Garrett
Tim Cowlishaw of The Dallas Morning News compares Dallas Cowboys Coach Jason Garrett to Cincinnati Bengals Coach Marvin Lewis.
Lewis, who has been with the Bengals since 2003, signed a twoyear extension through the 2019 season to remain in Cincinnati.
Garrett will remain with the Cowboys for an eighth season in 2018 despite missing the playoffs in 2017.
“Garrett, for better or worse, is the Lewis of the NFC. Yes, he has won a playoff game. But where does the belief that he and his staff will win big games — like Seattle two weeks ago, not his proud triumph of a second-string Eagles team Sunday — come from?” Cowlishaw wrote.
“Does [Jerry] Jones honestly believe the odds are in Garrett’s favor, that the ball is going to bounce his way in the Cowboys’ next playoff game? And that that game is only 12 months away?
“If so, he’s putting more stock in Garrett’s 67-53 record than I ever could. Losing crucial games means something over time. And a repetitive manner of losing games in which simple adjustments fail to get made (helping out Chaz Green at tackle, stopping the blitzing of Philip Rivers when he is carving your secondary apart) leaves Cowboys fans feeling betrayed, accusing Jones of caring more about the millions he rakes in each season than expanding the club’s trophy case.”