Jerry Jones is on the lookout for one other coach.
The Dallas Cowboys have determined to not deliver again Mike McCarthy as head coach, ending his tenure after 5 seasons. NFL Media reported Monday. McCarthy and the Cowboys had been negotiating a brand new deal earlier than his contract expired at midnight Tuesday, however the two sides had been unable to agree on the size of the brand new deal, in keeping with NFL Media.
The Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints are reportedly must be among the many groups occupied with McCarthy.
McCarthy has seemingly been the focus all season. After a first-round loss by the Green Bay Packers within the 2023 season, the Cowboys determined to retain McCarthy. However, they didn’t lengthen him, making McCarthy one of many uncommon coaches to enter the ultimate season of their contract with out an extension in place.
The sizzling rumors about McCarthy by no means appeared to chill through the 2024 season. Dallas began 1-2 earlier than shedding 5 straight video games in October and November, primarily sinking its season. To make issues worse, QB Dak Prescott suffered a season-ending hamstring harm that required surgical procedure within the midst of that shedding streak.
Before the disappointing 2024 season, McCarthy usually had the Cowboys in playoff competition. They went 12-5 within the 2021, 2022 and 2023 seasons. They received the NFC East in 2021 and 2023, with Prescott ending second in MVP voting within the latter, as McCarthy additionally referred to as performs. Dallas missed the postseason in 2020 when Prescott suffered a ugly leg harm that ended his season prematurely.
Although the Cowboys had been among the finest groups within the NFC yearly they made the playoffs beneath McCarthy, they had been unable to duplicate their common season success within the postseason. They received only one playoff sport, failing to get previous the divisional spherical, because the Cowboys are nonetheless on the lookout for their first journey to the NFC Championship Game since their final Super Bowl season in 1995.
McCarthy beforehand coached the Packers, main the long-lasting franchise to a Super Bowl title in 2010. He was let go on the finish of the 2018 season by the Packers whereas halfway via his thirteenth yr as head coach. The Cowboys employed McCarthy in 2020 after sitting out the 2019 season to interchange longtime coach Jason Garrett.
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