ESPN.com is reporting that Cowboys’ offensive coordinator Jason Garrett has decided to stay in Dallas and not accept the head-coaching job in Baltimore or Atlanta.
“This is huge because changing systems right now would have been really tough on Tony [Romo],” a source told ESPN’s Ed Werder.
Jones, who hired Garrett last year before hiring coach Wade Phillips, apparently convinced him his future was just as bright with the Cowboys, who are coming off a 13-3 regular season with eight of his offensive players going to the Pro Bowl.
Jones probably had to promise more than money to Garrett in order to keep him. I bet Phillips has one, maybe two more years (tops) in Dallas before Garrett becomes head coach. Jones found Garrett in Miami and you knew he wasn’t going to allow his creation to escape out the back door.
So what do the Ravens and Falcons do next? Apparently Baltimore is after Eagles’ secondary coach John Harbaugh, but it’s a little strange that they haven’t made more of a pitch to keep defensive guru Rex Ryan. My prediction is Atlanta will wind up hiring Ryan now that Garrett and Colts’ assistant head coach Jim Caldwell are unavailable. Ryan was close to landing the Chargers gig last year before they hired Norv Turner.
