3 Heads That Must Roll After Cowboys Lost Golden NFC East Chance to Injury-Depleted Eagles

Stop us if you've heard this before across the last nine seasons, but the Dallas Cowboys failed to show up in a big game.

This time, Jason Garrett's bunch fell 17-9 to the injury-depleted Philadelphia Eagles. Had the favored Cowboys won, they would've punched their playoff ticket with an NFC East crown.

It was about as unforgivable as an L could be, and it ultimately proves that Dallas must make sweeping changes to its coaching staff. Let's highlight a few individuals that deserve to be axed.

3. Rod Marinelli, Defensive Coordinator

Let's be honest, is there a worse tackling team in the NFL than the Cowboys? We've lost count as to how many times Dallas' defense was forced to stay on the field because it let opponents off the hook with laughable tackling efforts. That comes down to coaching, and Rob Marinelli is to blame. Marinelli's unit might have kept the Cowboys in this one, but that comes down to the Eagles' rash of injuries on offense more than anything else.

2. Keith O'Quinn, Special Teams Coordinator

Dallas' special teams unit is, far and away, the worst in the NFL, and their incompetency was on full display against Philly on Sunday. From maddening flags, to short punts, and woeful coverage on returns, there is no shortage of blunders with this group. To think that Keith O'Quinn has kept his title as the team's special teams coordinator for this long is ludicrous.

1. Jason Garrett

By every stretch of the imagination, Garrett should have clapped his last clap as Dallas' head coach Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. His league-best offense couldn't muster a single touchdown against an injury-depleted Eagles secondary. Did we mention that Garrett has logged just two playoff wins since being appointed HC in 2010? Like it or not, his time as head coach in Dallas surely must be up, and Jerry Jones has to lay down the hammer.