End Zone (Week 14)

Bold Prediction:
KDC: Jason Garrett WILL be the coach of the Cowboys next season. I'm not saying he deserves to be coach after the multiple debacles of freezing his own kicker 2 games ago & play-calling too conservatively early in the season, but Jerry Jones said he regretted letting go of Chan Gailey after 2 seasons because it wasn't enough time to develop his program. Garrett has looked horrible, but I think he'll get at least 2 more years. Sorry about that Cowboys fans.

Momo: Jason Garrett WILL NOT be the coach of the Cowboys next season if they don't make the playoffs. I’ve been sitting on this for a while but Garrett is not a good coach. It’s not just the icing your own kicker fiasco of last week, he cannot coach this team. Garrett is part of the problem of from last year and years past. When the Cowboys went 1-7 last year, who was the coach/OC? Jason Garrett. When he took over the team, the offense played better, but the defense just collapsed. Jerry Jones is not going to stand for this type of coaching and team mishaps, especially if they miss the playoffs two years in a row.. I can totally see him going after Jeff Fisher or Jon Gruden to try and revitalize this team and franchise. Some guys are just cutout to be coordinators, and Jason Garrett is proving that point every week.

I was wrong...
Momo: I was wrong about the Texans. They will be a tough out in the playoffs because of their running game and defense. Even with a rookie quarterback, Tyler Yates, the Texans can sustain drives with short passes and pounding the ball against the other teams defense. Also the Texans defense is relentless, even the loss of Mario Williams. Gary Kubiak and Wade Phillips deserve a lot of credit for keeping this team playing at a high level even without all their playmakers.

KDC: I was wrong about the Buccaneers. Yeah, I didn't make any rash predictions about their future greatness, but I did feel like they were the overlooked team as everyone got sucked in by the hype about Atlanta & Philadelphia & San Diego. I publicly figured they'd be a wild card instead of losing the tie-breakers in 2010. Oops! Turns out I was the only one who believed they'd play as intensely in 2011 as they did in 2010. Ah well.

I wouldn't be surprised...
KDC: ...if Mike McCarthy didn't win Coach of the Year. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but has any 13-0 team ever gotten so overlooked as this year's Packers? It's been an extremely weird year, but Harbaugh's job in San Francisco deserves notice, & Fox's job with Denver is certainly worth votes, but honestly, every Super Bowl winner comes into every game with a target on their backs and no one has shrugged them off as this year's Packers. Yet, it's the kind of year that he could be runner-up and no one would think twice about it.

Momo: No disrespect to McCarthy but the coach of the year has to be Jim Harbaugh. Sure the Packers have won all their games and are coming off a Super Bowl but Harbaugh has revitalized this entire franchise. The Niners were not expected to contend for a championship. Harbaugh has brought confidence, discipline and leadership to team that sorely need it. Anyone that can make ultra-bust Alex Smith into a more than serviceable NFL quarterback deserves the award of Coach of the Year.