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NFL analyst's head coach power rankings: Where does Cowboys' Jason Garrett fit in?
By SportsDayDFW.com
NFL.com media analyst Elliot Harrison recently released his coaching power rankings, 1 through 32.
So where would you think the coach of an NFL team with a regular-season won-loss record of .500 (40-40) over the past five years would be ranked? Somewhere in the middle? Bingo.
The Cowboys' Jason Garrett is ranked 17th, just ahead of Rams coach Jeff Fisher and behind Texans coach Bill O'Brien.
Here's what Harrison wrote about Garrett: Garrett has proven he can win with Tony Romo. Annnnnnnd he's also shown he can lose with Matt Cassel or Brandon Weeden or Kellen Moore. The only backup QB Garrett has won anything with came during his interim season, in which he and Jon Kitna/Stephen McGee partnered to go 5-3. The winning tally furnished a more permanent position for the redhead, himself a former Cowboys backup QB. The perception of Garrett, fair or unfair, is that he is a puppet of owner Jerry Jones. What is more than perception is that this team goes as far as Romo's body can take it, thus keeping Garrett planted in the middle of the pack.
Here are some more nuggets from Harrison's rankings:
Eagles coach Doug Pederson, who has exactly no NFL coaching experience, is ranked 32nd.
New York Giants coach Ben McAdoo, the team's offensive coordinator the past two years who's replacing two-time Super Bowl winner Tom Coughlin, is ranked 28th.
Redskins coach Jay Gruden, despite being the coach of the defending NFC East champs, is ranked 24th.
Last year's Eagles coach Chip Kelly, who got run out of Philly and now is coaching the 49ers, is ranked 20th.
A number of head coaches with Cowboys ties are ranked ahead or just behind Garrett, including Todd Bowles (New York Jets, 22nd), Jack Del Rio (Oakland, 19th), Mike Zimmer (Minnesota, 13th) and Sean Payton (Saints, 9th).
The top five: Arizona's Bruce Arians at No. 5; Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin at No. 4; Green Bay's Mike McCarthy at No. 3; Seattle's Pete Carroll at No. 2 and the evil hoodie, Patriots coach Bill Belichick at No. 1.
Wonder if Pete would be No. 1 if he had just made sure the Seahawks handed the ball to Marshawn Lynch at the goal line a couple Super Bowls ago?
By SportsDayDFW.com
NFL.com media analyst Elliot Harrison recently released his coaching power rankings, 1 through 32.
So where would you think the coach of an NFL team with a regular-season won-loss record of .500 (40-40) over the past five years would be ranked? Somewhere in the middle? Bingo.
The Cowboys' Jason Garrett is ranked 17th, just ahead of Rams coach Jeff Fisher and behind Texans coach Bill O'Brien.
Here's what Harrison wrote about Garrett: Garrett has proven he can win with Tony Romo. Annnnnnnd he's also shown he can lose with Matt Cassel or Brandon Weeden or Kellen Moore. The only backup QB Garrett has won anything with came during his interim season, in which he and Jon Kitna/Stephen McGee partnered to go 5-3. The winning tally furnished a more permanent position for the redhead, himself a former Cowboys backup QB. The perception of Garrett, fair or unfair, is that he is a puppet of owner Jerry Jones. What is more than perception is that this team goes as far as Romo's body can take it, thus keeping Garrett planted in the middle of the pack.
Here are some more nuggets from Harrison's rankings:
Eagles coach Doug Pederson, who has exactly no NFL coaching experience, is ranked 32nd.
New York Giants coach Ben McAdoo, the team's offensive coordinator the past two years who's replacing two-time Super Bowl winner Tom Coughlin, is ranked 28th.
Redskins coach Jay Gruden, despite being the coach of the defending NFC East champs, is ranked 24th.
Last year's Eagles coach Chip Kelly, who got run out of Philly and now is coaching the 49ers, is ranked 20th.
A number of head coaches with Cowboys ties are ranked ahead or just behind Garrett, including Todd Bowles (New York Jets, 22nd), Jack Del Rio (Oakland, 19th), Mike Zimmer (Minnesota, 13th) and Sean Payton (Saints, 9th).
The top five: Arizona's Bruce Arians at No. 5; Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin at No. 4; Green Bay's Mike McCarthy at No. 3; Seattle's Pete Carroll at No. 2 and the evil hoodie, Patriots coach Bill Belichick at No. 1.
Wonder if Pete would be No. 1 if he had just made sure the Seahawks handed the ball to Marshawn Lynch at the goal line a couple Super Bowls ago?
