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Mac Engel: Per NFL precedent, the Dallas Cowboys retaining Jason Garrett is an awful idea

We are into 2020 and, just as expected, Jason Garrett remains the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

His departure may be a mere formality, but until it's done assume he will remain the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys until the NFL goes into bankruptcy.

Cowboys owner/GM and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Jones can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants. He will make this decision when he's good and ready, and that is not this second.

Every moment Garrett lasts, he is that much closer to remaining in a job that any rational, logical thinker would think he would have lost by now.

But, as seen in the past, do not rule out Jerry's emotions from making this final decision. As such, do not rule out Jason Garrett remaining, even if that idea prompts you to throw your bedroom TV through your living room TV.

There is recent NFL precedent that coaches everyone thought were going to be dumped stayed on, which played out to be a disaster.

If Jerry is going to retain Garrett, there is a dangerous precedent in bringing back the coach everyone assumed was fired.

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