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Jason Garrett's 'next man up' philosophy flawed

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      Jean-Jacques Taylor joined ESPNDallas.com in August 2011. A native of Dallas, Taylor spent the past 20 years writing for The Dallas Morning News, where he covered high schools sports, the Texas Rangers and spent 11 seasons covering the Dallas Cowboys before becoming a general columnist in 2006.
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IRVING, Texas -- The “next man up” philosophy Jason Garrett and seemingly every other coach espouses is the biggest fallacy in sports.