SI.com · Nov 25, 2019
Jason Garrett’s Aggressively Conservative Playcalling Could Be His Downfall
Garrett’s Cowboys are 6-5 on the season after losing to the Patriots.
No one is asking Jason Garrett to be Kevin Kelly, the prolific high school coach who refuses to punt. They’re not even asking him to be John Harbaugh, who, out of all coaches in the NFL, has led the way in a firm embrace of analytical decision making.
But it might be nice to see the league’s most risk-averse coach resemble something other than a compensated advertiser for a minivan manufacturer, the kind of person who happily melts at the idea of being as safe and conventional as possible. It cost the team a signature win on Sunday—or at least the chance of attaining one.