Cowboys executives continue to back coach Jason Garrett, despite the hot and cold season.
After winning its first three games then losing the next three, Dallas somehow holds on to first place in the NFC East with a 4-3 record following a 37-10 win over Philadelphia on "Sunday Night Football."
While the Cowboys are winning, for now, questions surrounding Garrett's future have been repeatedly addressed by both Stephen and Jerry Jones. Most recently, owner Jerry Jones expressed his continued support for the long-time coach and even alluded to a possible contract extension after Garrett's term is up at the end of this season.
“I am looking for reasons. I’m looking for reasons to keep him,” Jerry Jones said, via ProFootballTalk. “It’s merited here. It’s hard to get an effective coach and get it locked in with all you have to do retool and redo. I’m comfortable. We have established some security apart from the won-loss. He represents the organization well on and off the field. You don’t have to wake up in the morning reading about it.”
Jerry Jones hasn't budged.
When asked if anyone, including his wife, Eugenia, changed his mind after the consecutive losses, he responded: “No. No. No,” Jones said. “I’m not pushing back. No one, including me.”
A midseason coaching change is rare for the Cowboys.
Jerry Jones has fired just one coach midseason, and that was Wade Phillips in 2010.
“Head coach, right there beside him the offensive coordinator, the play-caller, they’re going to get a lot of shots from time to time because we all know it doesn’t go right at all [all the time] so get ready,” Jones said. “But I’ve seen him, and I’ve seen him handle it, but I’ve not seen a concern, and I’ve experienced it to where players, key players, have an issue with the coach. I haven’t seen that with Garrett.”
The Cowboys pick up again on the road versus the Giants on Nov. 4.