Friday, the New York Giants hired Jason Garrett to become their new offensive coordinator. The decision to hire Garrett was met with mixed opinions by the fans in New York.
Everyone is going to point toward how Garrett's tenure with the Dallas Cowboys came to an end as a reason why hiring him as an assistant was the wrong choice. With that being said, did the Giants make the right move by hiring Garrett as their offensive coordinator?
While with the Cowboys, Garrett led Dallas to an 85-67 record in the regular season. However, it was his lack of playoff success that led to his demise as the head coach of America's Team. In his 10 seasons as the head coach, Garrett went 2-3 in the playoffs; making the postseason in only three out of the 10 years.
After spending a decade in Dallas, Jerry Jones and the Cowboys believed it was best to part ways with Garrett. Immediately after the Cowboys moved on from Garrett, they chose to replace him with Mike McCarthy.
By hiring McCarthy, Dallas allowed Garrett's contract to expire on Jan. 14th and allowed him to interview for assistant jobs. Before the Giants hired Joe Judge as their next head coach, it was reported that Garrett could be considered for the job.
In the end, Judge filled the Giants' head coaching vacancy and Garrett would need to accept an assistant role if he wanted to coach in 2020. Just a couple of days after his interview, New York officially hired Garrett as their offensive coordinator.
On the surface, it seems like a terrible idea to hire a head coach who underachieved with the Cowboys. But in reality, Garrett always helped produce productive offenses during his time in Dallas.
Before becoming the head coach of the Cowboys, Garrett was the team's offensive coordinator from 2007-2010. In those four seasons, Dallas boasted a top-15 scoring offense in three of them.
Then, when he assumed the role of head coach, the offense continued to succeed (for the most part). Over his ten years as a head coach, Garrett was crucial in the Cowboys having a top-15 scoring offense in eight of his 10 seasons.
Regardless if people want to believe it or not, Garrett was involved in Dallas' offensive schemes. There's no arguing that Garrett has his faults when he is asked to lead an entire team. But when he's been given a role to handle the offense, he's had plenty of success in the NFL.
Given that, there's no reason to believe that Garrett won't succeed in New York. The Giants have plenty of weapons to work with on offense in Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard, Golden Tate, Darius Slayton, and Evan Engram. Of course, the most important piece moving forward is Daniel Jones.
As a former NFL quarterback, Garrett could become a much-needed mentor for Jones. Taking everything into consideration, New York's decision to hire Garrett is better than most people think.
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