The job that Jason Garrett has done with the Dallas Cowboys this season has apparently gone a long way in establishing a vote of confidence from team owner Jerry Jones.

According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Cowboys will begin negotiating a long-term extension for Garrett to remain head coach of the Cowboys in the offseason.

Rapoport added that he never got the sense that Garrett's job was ever actually on the line in spite of speculation that he could have been gone if Dallas lost to the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs last week.

Generally, Cowboys coaches do not last as long as Garrett has.

The 52-year-old took over at the helm midway the 2010 campaign after Wade Phillips was fired and has led Dallas to three playoff appearances, all coming by way of NFC East division titles.

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Garrett has posted an impressive record of 77-59 overall as Cowboys coach, registering just one losing season when Dallas went 4-12 in 2015.

It has not always been great for Garrett, as Dallas went 8-8 in each of his first three full seasons, but since then, the Cowboys have predominantly been the best team in the NFC East, with their best year coming in 2016 when they won 13 games.

Dallas went 10-6 this season, rebounding from an ugly 3-5 to start to capture the division crown. Aside from a 23-0 shutout loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 15, the Cowboys have been terrific in the second half of the season, including last week's 24-22 win over the Seahawks.

Dallas will take on the Los Angeles Rams in the Divisional Round on Saturday night.