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Cowboys news: Jason Garrett endures heavy criticism from everywhere after decision to punt

The postmortem on the Cowboys’ disappointing loss to the Texans continues with many focusing squarely on head coach Jason Garrett.

Jerry Jones was right about the Cowboys’ terrible 4th-down decision - Ryan Van Bibber, SBNation.com
Van Bibber echoed many others in criticizing Garret’s conservative overtime decision-making.

I’m going to say something that folks who cover the NFL haven’t have reason to say in a long time — Jerry Jones was right.

In overtime of Sunday night’s loss to the Texans, Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett opted to punt on fourth-and-1 from Houston’s 42-yard line on the first possession of the extra frame.