The Cowboys have an excellent level of talent. Not sure why so many are down on this. The Cowboys organization suffers from a deep disconnect with details, preparation and fundamentals. It all starts with Jerry. I can only imagine the non stop crap that goes on during the week and even game day with Jerry parading in investors and friends to meet his players and see his "first rate" operation.
Garret was the perfect coach for Jerry. Throw enough money at him and he would never make waves and always kept the team in the hunt. Jerry runs the show in Dallas, don't forget that, and his Sons are same egotistical elitists as the old man. Players get used to not having to work their butts off during the week and just showing up on game day to give their all. Football is a grind for most ball clubs and Jerry has certainly taken the grind out the experience.
This team needs to lose out, miss the playoffs, have Garrett move on, and become a public laughing stock before anything remotely resembling progress will take place. It may even take Garrett returning to AT&T and whipping the Cowboys on his way to the playoffs next year.
A football GM lives in his office, works closely with the coaching staff and scouts and is constantly looking at talent and ways to upgrade the roster. Jerry is a low hanging fruit GM. I don't think he does much more than see what free agents are available and ponder what kind of a splash they can make if added to the roster. Jerry is a master promoter and developer. He is also in the midst of a major expansion of his natural gas holdings. How much time do you think he has for football ops? You think the organization makes a move without him?
The Cowboys are highly dysfunctional as a football team and the Owner/GM is the nucleus of the self destruction. Jerry is a master at developing hype, and yes, we all bought in.