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Cowboys make Garrett highest-paid assistant in NFL

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3200822

IRVING, Texas -- After looking into two coaching jobs, Jason Garrett decided to remain offensive coordinator of the Cowboys after Dallas made him the highest-paid assistant coach in the NFL.

The Cowboys promoted Garrett to assistant head coach and gave him a new contract that will pay him in the ballpark of $3 million per year, ESPN's Chris Mortensen is reporting.

Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips' salary is also in the $3 million range. There is no word on whether the team plans to adjust Phillips' salary.

Garrett went through second interviews in Baltimore and Atlanta earlier this week, then returned to Dallas to meet with team owner Jerry Jones.

"This is huge because changing systems right now would have been really tough on Tony [Romo]," a source told ESPN's Ed Werder.

Jones, who hired Garrett last year before hiring Phillips, apparently convinced him his future was just as bright with the Cowboys, who are coming off a 13-3 regular season with eight of his offensive players going to the Pro Bowl.

The Cowboys did not immediately comment Thursday on Garrett's status, but the Ravens released a statement about it.

"We did negotiate with Jason Garrett to become our head coach. In the end, he decided to stay in Dallas," the Ravens said.

The Ravens are now turning their attention to Eagles secondary coach John Harbaugh, who is expected to get his second interview Thursday.

Although Jones can't formally promise Garrett he'll be the next coach of the Cowboys, that's been the going theory since he joined the club roughly this time last year. Speculation that Jones would push aside Phillips and promote Garrett rather than risk losing him to another club was so strong last week that Jones held a news conference in part to deny it. He denied it again Sunday, after Dallas' season-ending loss to the New York Giants.

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Serrated Shadow

damn..anyone else think this guy is vastly overrated?

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Professor

mike nolan was god after year one and now people hate him, its amazing what hype and some good plays can do so fast

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Aundre

yup

I wanted Norm Chow to come here if/when Garrett left

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Aundre

yup

I wanted Norm Chow to come here if/when Garrett left

Im not a HUGE fan of his playcalling.... hes quick to abandon the run, doesnt get Barber nearly the touches he should get (except the Giants game) and then when he was giving Barber carries he wouldnt mix it up with a deep ball to Owens enough

Owens and Witten were not involved enough, Owens proved early he was ready to play and we went to him early..... but not often

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RoyWilliams

Its better than getting raided like we have been. Gotta pay to keep some people around.

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BeastJacobs

I wouldn't call him vastly overrated, he got the ball to Witten enough, Witten had something like 96 receptions this year which is 3rd most to a TE ever. Also, I don't think you can blame him for not being able to get the ball to T.O. enough since you guys were missing a huge threat Terry Glenn opposite him, having Patrick "Dropsies" Crayton on the other side didn't make him too threatening. You have to give it to T.O. though he still had 15 TD receptions.

Also about MB3, was it even his choice how much playing time he got, or was it Wade Phillips? Who evers choice it was didn't make the decision soon enough, breakaway speed my ***, you don't need that when you can keep on truckin' through Antonio Pierce.

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gruntbygod

To me Garrett is a very good playcaller, he is just very inexprienced

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