Jason Garrett has made a somewhat surprising return to the NFL radar. The former Cowboys coach-turned-NBC analyst is on track to interview for the Titans’ HC job, ESPN.com’s Dan Graziano reports.
Virtually off the PFR pages since the 2021 season, Garrett last worked in the NFL as Giants OC from 2020-21. He is best known, of course, for a nine-plus-season run as the Cowboys’ HC. Certainly a polarizing figure in the NFL, Garrett represents the second ex-Cowboys HC to land on the Titans’ radar during this cycle. The team has been linked to Mike McCarthy as well.
Now 59, Garrett has served as a Football Night in America analyst (with occasional booth work in place of Cris Collinsworth) and a Notre Dame announcer. He was linked to the Duke and Stanford jobs earlier this decade but has been off the coaching radar since.
Viewed as a high-end coaching candidate once upon a time, Garrett succeeded in spurts and certainly was on a long leash under Jerry Jones. Regularly viewed as a coach who avoided the chopping block, Garrett did lead the Cowboys to three playoff berths during his time at the helm. This included divisional-round trips in each season, though the second of those involved a one-and-done as the NFC’s No. 1 seed. The Cowboys missed the playoffs in 2019, representing a disappointment as Dak Prescott played the season on his fourth-round contract after failed extension talks, and Jones finally cut the cord several days after the season.
Garrett went 85-67 as Cowboys HC, and while he did interview for the Chargers’ HC job in 2021, the former Dallas quarterback has been mostly out of the mix for a top sideline role since his 2020 firing. The Giants fired Garrett in November 2021. Daniel Jones did not show much progress under Garrett, who coached the Eli Manning successor in his second and third seasons.
Garrett did do well mentoring Tony Romo, and Prescott emerged quickly despite being a fourth-round pick. Garrett was not the Cowboys’ play-caller throughout this period, though, regularly operating as a CEO coach. This interview, however, surely will not go over well with a sizable sect of Titans fans. A number of candidates are in the mix for this position, as GM Mike Borgonzi is running his first coaching search.
I hate this team sometimes lol
Next up, they interview Matt Eberflus.
I mean why not? Lol they’re interviewing every other bad candidate.
LOL. I know teams cast wide nets and there will always be interviews for people unlikely to get jobs, but this one is a howler.
lol
This has to be a joke right?
Clap on (clap-clap) Clap off (clap-clap)
That’s gonna stuck in my head all night…lol
If the Titans try to hire Garrett the commissioner should step in and save them from themself.
Nobody can save Amy Adams Strunk from herself.
The clapper!
Next up will be Rex Ryan and Arthur Smith
Joe Judge
Jason is a great talent evaluater. As a coach he was solid. Now if he were to hire 2 young and upcoming coordinators he would be a great get for this franchise atm. He is a great communicator and leader of men. Just dont let him call plays as his system is outdated. But he would be a good hire IMHO.
Doesnt surprise me … Stunk wants a yes-maam.
Yeah, Garrett will certainly not be a boat rocker or someone who will make waves. Not a bad choice if you just want a guy who will blindly follow the marching orders.
He sucks they can do so much better. All he knows how to do is clap no matter what happens in the game
I love that even in the stock photo of him, he is clapping.
I’m happy with the Titans interviewing anyone they want as long as they end up hiring Jim Leonhard.
Garrett’s a smart football mind, and I honestly think he could still be a better HC than people think, but the Titans should be aiming higher. They have the exciting young QB prospect to do so.
I just can’t see them succeeding with anyone at this point, it doesn’t matter who they hire. I’m not a Patriots fan either, but when you go & fire a coach like Mike Vrabel, who goes out & wins the division for his new team in his first year, that just immediately tells me, they really screwed up.
the rest of the afc south would approve this hire
At first blush,t his would seem terrible, but you take a step back and look at that he was under the Jones regime where the HC doesn’t get much autonomy. People forget, it was a very close caall between Garrett and Harbaugh back in the day for the Raven job. He developed Prescott, a fourth round pick, into one of the top QBs in the NFC. I would have to see hisee his coordinator picks, but they could do worse. People love new and shiny but sometimes stable and competent is what you need. I’d have McCarthy higher on my list if I was them, but Garrett wouldn’t be crazy as you think if he came in with a good coordinator list.
He actually did get the Ravens offer. He turned it down.
So what this means is Vrabel’s immediate success in New England compared to his 5 years in Tennessee is a result of voodoo and sorcery and not a reflection of the Titans’ Front Office?
Fascinating …