Dallas Cowboys-Washington Redskins: Lessons from a Close Call

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:53:41 +0000

Cowboys 7, Redskins 6. One could almost stop there and declare, "Enough said." But it isn't enough to repeat the shocking score from the Redskins' first ever visit to the new Jerry World (aka, Cowboys' Stadium). No, we need to dig a little deeper if any lessons are to be learned from a 6-3 Cowboys team barely surviving against a 3-6 Washington squad. So, let us dig. Lesson One is for Jason Garrett. Hey, Red! Neither the media, nor the fans, nor a delusional owner are really qualified to hammer out a game plan. We know you took so much flak from all quarters after the Green Bay bit-spitting, that you decided you would show everyone and just run, run, run the ball. Come on, man. Be a man. Plan your work and work your plan. Tell Jerry that he hired you to do a job and he can either allow you to do it or quit beating around the bush and do what he always dreamed of doing anyway: Namely, put on the headset and call the plays himself. Granted, the plan Jason Garrett rolled out looked like ...

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