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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says now isn’t the time to consider making a coaching change if the team is going to make a Super Bowl run. (1:08)
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Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones and executive vice president Stephen Jones will allow Jason Garrett to finish the season as the team’s head coach, no matter what, a high-ranking source familiar with their thinking told ESPN on Thursday.
That is the plan, even though Jerry Jones has been publicly critical of Garrett and the coaching staff since the team’s 13-9 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday in Foxborough, Massachusetts. That is unusual for Jones, who has been Garrett’s most ardent supporter throughout his career. Garrett is in the final year of his contract.
The Cowboys failed to score a touchdown on offense, created no turnovers on defense and allowed a blocked punt that set up the game’s only touchdown on Sunday.
“I don’t think there’s a game that a coaching staff has … that it couldn’t do better in,” Jones said after Sunday’s game. “I just don’t like it that we’ve got so many as I’m standing here tonight.”
Jones told 105.3 The Fan in Dallas before Thursday’s 26-15 loss to the Bills that he hoped his criticism would inspire the team.
“The dream is that something that I might have said might have caused us to do something that made a difference,” Jones said. “That’s not the way it works, I’ll tell you that right now. But Jason has tremendous respect of the players on this football team. I’ll assure you that you won’t find somebody that knows how to do all of the things a head coach has to do better than Jason Garrett. … I’ve sa