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Wes Phillips leaves for Redskins
January, 17, 2014

By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com

IRVING, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys will need a new tight ends coach.

Wes Phillips accepted an offer to become the tight ends coach of the Washington Redskins one day after interviewing for the position on Jay Gruden’s staff.

Phillips had been with the Cowboys since 2007 and finished his first season as tight ends coach. He joined the Cowboys as a quality control coach and worked with wide receivers and special teams. In 2011 he was named an assistant offensive line coach.

That the Cowboys allowed Phillips to interview with a division rival was a sign the Cowboys were ready to find a replacement.

The Cowboys could look in-house for a new coach with Keith O'Quinn, who has helped coach the wide receivers the past few seasons in addition to his offensive quality control work. Another possibility is Mike Pope, the long-time New York Giants tight ends coach who was let go this week. Pope is widely regarded as one of the best tight ends coaches in the NFL.
 
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Steve Buscemi's List of families to kill...errr get rid of.
Phillips - Check.
Garrett - Down to 2.
Jones - Hurry up.
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Cowboysrule122 said:
Who's gonna coach our tight ends, does it even matter?
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I'm thinking about applying.

I played college football at BYU even though there's no record of anyone with my name ever playing for the university. Ever.

I also coached at the University of Arizona for a year, even though theres no record of anyone with my name ever coaching there. Ever.
 
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You seem qualified. Do you have any meaningless self-appointed titles like Official Historian or Most Hated Cowboys Fan? Because that would probably do it.
 
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He's also an experienced EMT and you know Monte Kiffin is still on the staff. I hear he gets defribilated several times a day.
 
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Jason Garrett loses right-hand man

January, 17, 2014


By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com



When Wade Phillips lost his job as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, his son, Wes, remained on the coaching staff as one of the assistant offensive coaches.

Last season, Wes Phillips received one of his biggest promotions, becoming the Cowboys' tight ends coach.

Coach Jason Garrett called Wes Phillips his right-hand man, and relied on him for many things.



"A lot of what you do as an assistant is you sit in the room and you watch other coaches coach," Wes Phillips said last summer. "You do a lot of work behind the scenes in the office, and now you’re more involved in all aspects of game planning, preparing your meetings. I was fortunate to sit in that room and listen to some excellent coaches."

Maybe being sons in a football family bonded them together, but Garrett has talked lovingly of Wes Phillips.

In 2010, when Garrett took over for Wade Phillips, the move could have been difficult given Wes was still on the coaching staff. If anything, it made things easier.

"Wes is one of the great assets of this staff," Garrett said back then. "He’s been my right hand man for the last three years. He just does an outstanding job. He knows football. He likes football. He’s one of those guys who is always ahead of things and helps me immensely that way. He sees the game, he understands and can coach different positions. He’s really a huge asset for us."

Garrett, who has been with the Cowboys since 2007, depends on several coaches for help on game days, and Wes Phillips was the man providing information from the press box on if he needed to challenge close calls. When Garrett decided to make a switch with the offensive structure, he moved Phillips from the press box to the field so he could talk more with veteran tight end Jason Witten and continue to develop rookie tight end Gavin Escobar.

So with Wes Phillips moving on to the Washington Redskins, Garrett has to make a change on the coaching staff. Offensive assistant Keith O'Quinn is a possibility to replace Phillips.

But nobody can say Wes Phillips was on the Cowboys' staff because of his name. The Cowboys valued Phillips, and he earned respect across the NFL for his work.

"I think a lot of people look at nepotism and they think, ‘Well, guys get jobs that maybe don’t deserve them,'" said Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones, who, as son of owner Jerry Jones, heard similar comments when he started his career. "I think that shows that obviously Wes is a sharp guy. He loves football. He works hard at it. He has a passion for it. He’s obviously made his mark around here ... I think his arrow is up, and he’s only going to get better in this league."
 
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marionbarberthe4th said:
I want the giantsOL coach I forget his name where's Dan Campbell
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Giants did just fire Mike Pope TE coach after they hired a new OC.. He's someone I hope we take a look at. He has a lot of experience in this league. Shockey credited him with a lot of his success early in his career... Maybe he can get something out of Escobar.
 
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NoShameInMyGame said:
Giants did just fire Mike Pope TE coach after they hired a new OC.. He's someone I hope we take a look at. He has a lot of experience in this league. Shockey credited him with a lot of his success early in his career... Maybe he can get something out of Escobar.
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The Giants have always had solid TE play despite never taking a TE high in the draft. Shockey was a long time ago...
 
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