3:11pm: Hold the phone. The Giants have not requested permission to speak to Garrett about their OC job, Ralph Vacchiano of SNY (on Twitter) hears. Their request was for their head coaching job, before they agreed to hire Joe Judge.
As the HC, Judge will get to pick his own staff. It’s not clear whether he would consider Garrett for the OC job, or if the ex-Cowboys head coach would be interested in the position.
10:50am: The Giants’ head coaching job is spoken for, but the team still wants to meet with former Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett. The Giants are interested in Garrett as a candidate for the offensive coordinator role on Joe Judge‘s staff, Ed Werder of ESPN.com (on Twitter) hears.
Judge, 38, lacks head coaching experience, and Garrett could provide some helpful counsel to him. Garrett, of course, spent a decade as the Cowboys’ HC.
It’s not clear whether Garrett is willing to consider coordinator positions, though the Giants job would have some obvious upside. Garrett could groom quarterback Daniel Jones, who showed promise as a rookie despite still being green. The Giants OC job would also give him a chance to face his old friends twice per season.
I will be ok with this if they have an agreement in place to never let him even be the interim coach. I never want him to be the HC. From what I have read he is a decent coordinator. And he would be a good resource against the Cowboys.
He sucks all the way around.
Agreed but he can share those compromising photos he has of Jerry Jones with us.
What are the teams eyeing Urban Meyer as coaching options?
None
That sound you just heard was a million voices crying out in terror.
Well he can at least instruct the new guy on how not to be a head coach
Garrett can be the Constanza for the team. Whatever his instinct is, do the opposite.
So it’s Judge versus Pederson, McCarrhy and Rivera in the NFC East. Yikes.
Princeton & Columbia aren’t asking to interview Jason?
The Cowboys have moved on, but I don’t believe he was fired. His contract runs out 1/14/20. So, as strange as it sounds, I guess it’s correct to say that the Giants or anyone else would have to “request permission” to speak to him about a coaching role. I could understand why Jerrah would block his division foes as long as he could. Supposedly, he still has a good relationship with Garrett. I don’t think he would block him from an HC position. The Giants filled that one.