Cowboys owner Jerry Jones appears open to retaining coach Mike McCarthy: 'I don't think that's crazy at all'

Speculation has swirled astir Mike McCarthy's occupation information each play long. 

The Dallas Cowboys struggles this play person appeared to amplify the sound surrounding the caput coach. The Cowboys did negociate to upset the Washington Commanders this past Sunday, but the team's wide grounds sits astatine 4-7. Dallas is inactive projected to onshore a top-12 draught pick. 

McCarthy is successful the past twelvemonth of his contract, and it remains unclear whether longtime squad proprietor Jerry Jones would opt to bring him oregon immoderate members of the existent coaching unit back. During an quality connected 105.3 The Fan connected Tuesday, Jones was asked if offering McCarthy a declaration hold was thing that helium would see questionable.

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Head manager Mike McCarthy of the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones speech with the media during a property league astatine the Ford Center astatine The Star connected January 08, 2020 successful Frisco, Texas. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

"I don't deliberation that's brainsick astatine all. That's not crazy," Jones said. "Listen, Mike McCarthy is an outstanding coach. ... Mike McCarthy has been there, done that. He's got large ideas. So the bottommost enactment is successful nary spot successful my assemblage connection oregon thing other person you seen an denotation astir what we're going to beryllium doing comparative to this unit astatine the extremity of this year. And we shouldn't. We've got a batch of shot left."

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McCarthy dismissed questions astir Jones' comments, citing preparations for the Cowboys Thanksgiving Day crippled against the New York Giants.

"I truly haven't talked astir it each twelvemonth and decidedly not going to commencement connected a abbreviated week and an important part game," helium said. "But I'm not going to propulsion distant affirmative vibes, either. So support them coming. It's each good. But, yeah, that's not thing I'm truly focused on."

Owner Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys attends grooming campy astatine River Ridge Complex connected July 24, 2021 successful Oxnard, California. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)

The Cowboys mislaid backmost Dak Prescott to wounded earlier this month, but Jones pointed retired immoderate reasons for optimism. Dallas wide receiver Brandin Cooks and antiaircraft extremity DeMarcus Lawrence volition soon beryllium eligible to instrumentality from injured reserve. Meanwhile, violative lineman Zack Martin and choky extremity Jake Ferguson are expected to instrumentality soon.

The Cowboys are successful 3rd spot successful the NFC East standings.

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Dallas has not been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, clinching a wild-card spot seems unlikely. Regardless, 1 happening Dallas won't beryllium doing is tanking games down the agelong for the involvement of amended NFL Draft positioning.

"I conscionable deliberation the crippled is excessively important. The triumph is excessively important," Jones said. "You look astatine a manager and, boy, a manager is sitting there, don't deliberation they don't adhd up their wins and losses during their vocation and they don't similar to person a nonaccomplishment connected determination if they tin conscionable inquire for it. And truthful my constituent is, for each of us, a triumph is simply a precise satisfying happening nether immoderate condition and it helps you build. And truthful there's a batch of ambiguity with those draught picks. As you know, I've had draught picks that were extraordinarily precocious that didn't work. I've had them debased that knocked it retired of the park. And truthful you've got to measurement what happens erstwhile you get the picks and the likelihood of you knocking 1 retired of the parkland determination arsenic well, arsenic opposed to winning a game."

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