There’s been a formula to this team’s success, one which Jason Garrett envisioned that first offseason after being named head coach in 2010. It’s been tweaked here and there, never more so than when Dak Prescott took over for Tony Romo, but even with a zone-read run here and there, it’s still about controlling the clock, winning the battle of the lines, not taking any reckless chances.
Of course, if that sounds familiar, that was the same philosophy of Jimmy Johnson and Norv Turner when Garrett was collecting Super Bowl rings and taking notes as a backup quarterback in the 1990s.