I don't think we will see both Garrett and Sparno leaving to start with but should that happen I think Ray Sherman the WR coach who has ample experience as an assistant and a good relation with the players and an understanding of the offense will be the man.
Ray Sherman begins his 34th year in coaching, his 20th as an NFL assistant and his first with the Dallas Cowboys this fall after spending the two previous seasons with the Tennessee Titans. No stranger to potent receiving corps, Sherman will be working with one of the most productive receiving combinations in team history in Terry Glenn and Terrell Owens. In 2006, the duo became just the second pair of receivers in club history to top 1,000 yards.
Despite working with a rookie quarterback in Vince Young at Tennessee last year, Sherman's top receivers (Drew Bennett and Bobby Wade) enjoyed their best single season averages for yards-per-catch (Bennett - 16.0 and Wade - 14.0), while second-year receiver Brandon Jones bettered his rookie numbers with 27 receptions for 384 yards (14.2 avg.) and four touchdowns.
In his first year with the Titans (2005), Sherman mentored a trio of rookie draft picks - Brandon Jones, Courtney Roby and Roydell Williams - along with veteran Drew Bennett in the lead receiver role. The three rookie receivers, along with rookie tight end Bo Scaife became the first quartet of rookie pass catchers to each collect at least 20 receptions since the 1968 Buffalo Bills (Max Anderson, Gary McDermott, Haven Moses, and Richard Trapp). Each of Sherman's three rookie receivers earned starting nods at some point during the season.
Before landing in Tennessee, Sherman spent five seasons (2000-04) as the wide receivers coach for the Green Bay Packers. During his run in Green Bay, Sherman helped develop a corps of young receivers - Javon Walker, Donald Driver and Robert Ferguson - into elite receivers with Driver (2002, 2006 and 2007) and Ferguson (2005) earning trips to the Pro Bowl. In 2004, Driver and Walker ranked second in the NFL for yards by a receiver combination (2,590) and Walker was third in the league with 1,382 yards with 12 touchdowns in just his third NFL season. In 2002, the Packers led the league with 29 touchdown receptions.
Prior to coaching in Green Bay, Sherman was the offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings (1999) and Pittsburgh Steelers (1998). The Vikings offense ranked third in the league in total offense and had the fifth best passing attack in the league. While with the Steelers, Sherman's offense featured a running attack that finished seventh in the league. Sherman was the quarterbacks coach (1995-97) for the
Vikings before guiding the offense in Pittsburgh. Minnesota quarterback Warren Moon led the NFL in completions (377) and matched a career-high in touchdowns (33) under Sherman's tutelage. From 1996-97 Sherman oversaw the maturation of Brad Johnson into a starter as he ranked in the top-five in the league each season in passer rating. Before his first stint in Minnesota, Sherman coordinated Pete Carroll's offense in 1994 - Carroll's only season as the N.Y. Jets head coach.
Sherman spent three seasons (1991-93) with the San Francisco 49ers, first as their running backs coach (1991) then as the receivers coach (1992-93). Under Sherman's guidance, Jerry Rice one of the best seasons of his career in 1993, recording 1,503 yards and 15 touchdowns en route to earning AP Offensive Player of the Year honors. Sherman followed Jerry Glanville to the Atlanta Falcons and spent one season (1990) as the Falcons Assistant Head Coach/Offense. He helped the Falcons finish 10th in the league in scoring and total offense after finishing in the bottom third the previous season.
Sherman made his NFL coaching debut under Glanville with the Houston Oilers as the team's running backs coach (1988). In his second season in Houston, he coached the club's receivers.
1.87! Thats it! The difference between this year and last year? TO and Witten got the ball more because Glenn was out of the lineup.
