Yeah, but weird how you also leave out that this team has gone 12-4 and 13-3 (with a rookie 4th round QB, by the way).
Why is there no credit for that, but you are giving McVay credit for winning a watered down NFC West with the first overall pick at QB?
You pick and choose what you call impressive with no consistency.
We go 13-3 with a rookie fourth rounder. Bah, the rookie was an all-timer. No coaching was necessary. McVay has an impressive half season with last year's first overall pick (and much better defensive talent than we have)? GENIUS!
Listen, McVay may very well be better than Garrett. But you act like there is nothing redeemable, like there is no good coaching happening here. That none of the bad decisions here wouldn't also happen if McVay were here, under Jerry.
False, false, and false.
12-4 with Romo playing the best football of his life, and a DeMarco Murray who was arguably the best RB in football that year? Yea I remember that.
What changed to me that year was that Scott Linehan brought a brain to the offense and got this bright idea to actually run the ball with consistency.
That's what happened that season.
Garrett would've bungled that situation just as he does all the others.
As for last year, does he deserve some credit for getting the team to respond with a rookie QB at the helm? Sure.....I'll give him that.
But it's not like he did it with just any old 4th round rookie. It took arguably the greatest rookie season by a QB ever in order for Garrett to accomplish that.
We've seen time and time again what Garrett does when his QB isn't at least pro bowl caliber.
And then the guy can't even put together consecutive winning seasons.
The guy just flatout sucks, but you just can't help yourself, can you? You just have to defend him at every cost.