IRVING, Texas (AP) -Jason Garrett called the offensive plays under Wade Phillips, so his promotion to interim head coach shouldn’t have changed a thing about how the Dallas Cowboys run and throw.
Boy, has it ever.
In each of Garrett’s two games in charge of the entire squad, the Cowboys have run more than they’ve thrown, something they hadn’t done even once all season. More importantly, Dallas won both games.
Garrett insists the difference is simply how the games have gone overall. Too often, the Cowboys got behind early and had to throw a lot to try catching up. But the past two games, Dallas has been ahead in the fourth quarter, so it’s been able to close games out by loading up on handoffs.
Still, don’t discount that the Cowboys are simply running better. Their average yards per carry is up from 3.6 to 4.2
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