But unlike the previous season, when the loss of Romo saw the Cowboys cave to a 4-12 record, Garrett’s team rolled to an unlikely 13-3 record and the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
This year’s award is a testament to how far both Jason Garrett and the Cowboys have come since he took over as interim head coach position halfway through the 2010 season.
Over the last three seasons, the Cowboys have been to the divisional round of the playoffs twice, and despite their 4-12 record in 2015 have put together a 29-19 record, the eighth-best record over that span.
At the same time, the award also raises the stakes for Garrett and the Cowboys. According to reports, expectations for 2017 are that the team should reach at least the Conference Championships.
The award is the first NFL Coach of the Year honor for Garrett and only the third NFL Coach of the Year honor for the Dallas franchise. Tom Landry was the NFL’s Coach of the Year in 1966 and Jimmy Johnson was the NFL Coach of the Year in 1990.
The citation is the second award Garrett has been honored with this year. In January, the Pro Football Writers Association announced that they had voted Garrett as the PFWA Coach of the Year for 2016.
Packers beat the Cowboys not the Falcons. How could someone writing about the great Cowboys season forget that incredible game.
Uh… the Cowboys did not play Atlanta in the playoffs. They were beaten by the Green Bay Packers. It was the Packers that played Atlanta.
Please get your facts correct. When you don’t, it detracts from the validity of your article.