But........before we turn this into a Dak bashing, notice Garrett's record against winning teams below.
The idea here is to the issue of Dak NOT doing well against winning and/or playoff teams is more than how well he's played. This is a stigma of Garrett coached games dating back to Romo also.
In other words, coaching matters.
https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/20...d-vs-top-teams-jerry-jones-top-coach-comment/
Defining what’s a big game is subjective, but for the purposes of this piece, beating teams with a winning record would be a good place to start. Upon examination, Garrett is not passing the test.
Using
Pro Football Reference’s Team Finder to suss out each active head coach’s record against winning teams at season’s end in either the regular season or playoffs reveals a cold, hard fact. Against good teams, Garrett has been mediocre at best.
Here’s a list of all active coaches with at least one year of experience through the end of the last complete season, 2018.
Team Coach Years Active Record vs
Winning Teams Win %
New England Patriots Bill Belichick 2000-2019 107-63 0.629
Los Angeles Rams Sean McVay 2017-2019 14-10 0.583
Chicago Bears Matt Nagy 2018-2019 5-4 0.556
Indianapolis Colts Frank Reich 2018-2019 6-5 0.545
Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Tomlin 2007-2019 51-46 0.526
Seattle Seahawks Pete Carroll 2010-2019 38-38 0.500
Philadelphia Eagles Doug Pederson 2016-2019 16-17 0.485
New Orelans Saints Sean Payton 2006-2019 48-52 0.480
Kansas City Chiefs Andy Reid 2013-2019 25-31 0.446
Los Angeles Chargers Anthony Lynn 2017-2019 8-10 0.444
Atlanta Falcons Dan Quinn 2015-2019 15-21 0.417
Baltimore Ravens John Harbaugh 2008-2019 38-57 0.400
Carolina Panthers Ron Rivera 2011-2019 25-39-1 0.392
Dallas Cowboys Jason Garrett 2010-2019 25-43 0.367
Tennessee Titans Mike Vrabel 2018-2019 4-7 0.364
Minnesota Vikings Mike Zimmer 2014-2019 14-28 0.333
Jacksonville Jaguars Doug Marrone 2017-2019 8-17 0.320
Houston Texans Bill O’Brien 2014-2019 13-32 0.289
San Francisco 49ers Kyle Shanahan 2017-2019 4-13 0.235
Oakland Raiders Jon Gruden 2018-2019 3-10 0.231
Buffalo Bills Sean McDermott 2017-2019 4-14 0.222
New York Giants Pat Shurmur 2018-2019 2-10 0.167
Detroit Lions Matt Patricia 2018-2019 1-9 0.100