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Jason Garrett is circling the drain and Ron Rivera’s pee stream may have just expedited the process.
The Carolina Panthers’ winningest coach and a two-time NFL Coach of the Year proved once again why being a head coach in the NFL is as secure as an unattended Epstein prison cell. A loss to a two-win Redskins team on Sunday was the boot out the door for Rivera, who secured three division titles and a Super Bowl appearance in his nine-year tenure.
How soon they forget…
Ron Rivera opens his press conference by emphasizing he took over a 2-14 team and won the NFC South 3 straight times.
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) December 4, 2019
Jason Garrett needs this news like he needs root canal from Edward Scissorhands. Garrett is a snow white bunny in the middle of the room and Jerry Jones is the python stretching along the perimeter, toying with him.
Rivera provides an accomplished replacement for Garrett that could easily gain support from Cowboys fans currently punching through their drywall, despite (or maybe because?) their resumes are eerily similar.
Both began full-time head coaching with their respective teams in 2011.
Jason Garrett: 78-62, 3 division titles
Ron Rivera: 76-63-1, 3 division titles, 1 Super Bowl appearances and two-time Coach of the Year
Cowboys fans are eager to wish away their current head coach without even considering his clapping amounts for 20% of AT&T Stadium crowd noise.
Cowboys fans to Jerry Jones watching the Panthers fire Ron Rivera midseason pic.twitter.com/eov8yn1fmW
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) December 3, 2019
If Jerry Jones is going to wait to fire Jason Garrett until after the season, that’s fine.
However, Jerry needs to be on the phone now calling Ron Rivera & letting him know he’s the next coach of the Dallas Cowboys if he wants the job.
Exactly the type of coach Dallas needs.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) December 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/mattgn084/status/1201990698280607745?s=20
Ron Rivera crafting his response to Jerry Jones pic.twitter.com/5Vk3tlNOKO
— Fantasy Jeanyus (@FantasyJeanyus) December 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/notjeffgarreans/status/1202209279371071501?s=20
#CowboysNation looking at Jerry Jones after Ron Rivera got fired….. pic.twitter.com/q73aK169RB
— Dan Flannigan (@Dan_Flannigan) December 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/MrNelson82/status/1201978757566869504?s=20
Jerry Jones holding Jason Garrett tight like Brenda's baby after seeing the Ron Rivera headlines pic.twitter.com/AzGe6Gk1kQ
— The Rizzler 🎩🍸 (@SSClappington) December 3, 2019
Remind me to never become a head coach in the NFL and to stick to pop warner where I’ve been underachieving for decades.