Jason Garrett Offered Baltimore Ravens Head Coaching Job
Jason Garrett, Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator has apparently been offered to fill the Baltimore Ravens head coaching position. Garrett has already had two interviews with the Ravens and the Atlanta Falcons. It would seem that the only things standing in the way of Garrett becoming the Ravens new head coach are the Falcons and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
Although the validity of the report that Jason Garrett will become the new Baltimore Ravens head coach is preliminary, Ravens fans should look positively at this decision if it turns out to be true. Garrett, a former Princeton quarterback has a track record of success with the quarterback position. As a college player, Jason Garrett had all Ivy League numbers, good enough to earn him a roster spot on several NFL teams. As a backup to Troy Aikman, Garrett earned two Super Bowl rings and gained valuable quarterback experience. Unfortunately for the Baltimore Ravens, Jerry Jones knows firsthand his playoff experience both as a player and coach.
Dallas owner Jerry Jones, as he has done in the past, most likely will match the Ravens offer. Jones will fight to keep Garrett, mostly because of the success he has had in creating a Pro Bowl caliber quarterback in Tony Romo. It is important to remember that last offseason Jerry Jones initially hired Garrett first, as a head coach, but eventually went on to hire Wade Phillips as the Dallas head coach and named Garrett the offensive coordinator.
Let us not forget that Garrett has ties with the Ravens. His father, Jim, was a Cleveland Browns assistant who coached Pat Moriarty, a running back who is now the Ravens’ vice president of football administration. Ozzie Newsome, the Ravens’ general manager, was the tight end on that same Cleveland team, according to ESPN.
As the head coaching carousel continues to turn, Garrett has emerged at the front runner for the job at this point. Don’t sleep on Rex Ryan, but it seems like he is looking elsewhere in Atlanta and Miami. Although on paper Garrett looks like the kind of quarterback friendly, offensively minded coach the anemic Baltimore Ravens offense could use, but Brian Billick was the same kind of coach and didn’t exactly turn the offense around.
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