St. Louis columnist lobbies against Jason Garrett

If the Rams hire Jason Garrett, they can count on getting ripped by St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bryan Burwell. Heck, he's hammering the team just for including Garrett in the pool of five candidates.

A sample of Burwell's work in today's paper:

The name of the Dallas Cowboys' embattled offensive coordinator sticks out like an unruly comb-over on a bald man.

All along, the names that [new Rams GM Billy] Devaney was calling on made perfect sense. They all fit within his publicly stated description of "meat and potatoes" football guys and strong leaders of men. They all fit within his preferred profile of men he could plug into the job and expect immediate results.

And then Jason Garrett showed up.

And my first reaction was "Huhhhh???!!"

My second reaction was too young, too unproven, too completely and totally against the grain of what Devaney said he was seeking. (My third reaction was, "Oh brother, is John Shaw meddling again?" But that's another story for another time.)