About a week ago, Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett wasn’t open to giving up his play-calling duties.I’m sure Garrett had a nice little talk with owner Jerry Jones because now he’s changed his mind and is open to bringing in an offensive coordinator to call plays.“We would just talk it through,” Garrett said of a potential discussion with owner Jerry Jones during an appearance on KRLD-FM on Wednesday, per ESPNDallas.com.“Again, line one for me in the position that I’m in is, ‘What’s best for the Dallas Cowboys’ in every way, shape or form, however we’re doing.’ Anything and everything is on the table.”Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports says if the Cowboys are going to bring in a play-caller, they’d likely try to hire Norv Turner first. Need NFL Tickets? var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { var script = document.createElement('script'); ref = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write('');
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