That is why I dubbed a possible division round game as the "Garrett Bowl".
Another way of saying that he has to get to the NFC game is that he must win the divisional round for the first time in the Cowboys last 25 years. It hurts just to type this.
That is the next incremental improvement in his career but an argument can be made that, after ten seasons, he owes us more for our patience.
Jimmy Johnson's Cowboys made a triple jump in their 4th season, when things just seemed to come together. This season is anything but that. Yep, Jimmy's team went from losing the divisional round in 1991 to winning division, NFC and SB in 92.
Obviously the circumstances were different but after ten seasons the Cowboys should already be past the point of winning a division playoff and settling for nothing but the Super Bowl. So, I want Jason to succeed, always have, but in all fairness, I think the majority of fans felt like this was the season to cash in on the Process.
It is true for every franchise that there is always the point were the process involves starting over again. Unless this season includes more than surpassing the wretched results of the past quarter century, I cannot make a convincing argument to maintain the status quo.
This would by no means be an indictment against Jason Garrett. The real story involves a Head Coach with limited power and an inability to utilize the philosoohy he had described in 2011. While he envisioned a modernized Corryel passing offense, a "committee" selected players more compatible to a running offense
If this should be Garrett's last season as a Cowboy, I suspect it wouldn't be the last time we hear from him in this league.