The Facts: Five hours after saying the Cowboys “don’t anticipate any significant changes on our staff,” HC Jason Garrett backtracked. He said in his season-ending press conference Monday that he and the Cowboys front office have not met to discuss offensive coordinator Scott Linehan or any of the team’s other assistant coaches.

Diehards Line:“We haven’t had any substantive conversations,” Garrett said. “Scott did an excellent job for us this year. Again, I don’t know how I answered that question this morning. Nothing has changed. Again, I was in and around player meetings. I feel very good about what Scott Linehan did for us. Feel very good what Rod Marinelli, Kris Richard have done, Keith O’Quinn and everybody on our staff. We’ll have conversations about everybody as we go over here the next few days, and we’ll make a lot of decisions to put the staff together, put our team together as we go.” The Cowboys overturned their coaching staff after last season but kept coordinators Linehan and Marinelli. It was anticipated that the Cowboys would move on from Linehan this offseason after finishing 29th in red zone scoring, converting only 48 percent of their red zone possessions into touchdowns and 80 percent into points. Garrett’s latest comments about Linehan’s future follow what executive vice president Stephen Jones said on 105.3 The Fan after Garrett’s radio appearance. Jones said it was “a little early” to be talking about staff and player changes. If the Cowboys do make a change at offensive coordinator, tight ends coach Doug Nussmeier could earn a promotion if they stay in house.