The franchise’s nearly 10 full seasons with Jason Garrett as head coach were often defined by playing it safe even when those decisions flew in the face of basic probability.
Dallas is miles ahead of anyone else in the lowly NFC East right now, and suddenly the Cowboys are playing like a team oozing with confidence offensively.
Case in point: with the Cowboys up 34-3 against the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of their Week 10 matchup on Sunday, Dallas still decided to go for the two-point conversion.
The Cowboys could have moved their extra point attempt from 15-yard-line to the 7.5-yard-line, or they could try to a two-point conversion from the one-yard line .
Still, you almost never see teams go for two while up more than 30 points like the Cowboys did against the Falcons.
via @pfref, a team has attempted a two-point conversion while up at least 30 points just twice in nfl history.
Going for two against the Falcons even in a blowout not only makes sense analytically, it also helps the team prepare for the playoffs.
Clearly, this is not a Jason Garrett team anymore.