Dallas Cowboys proprietor and basic supervisor Jerry Jones spoke with reporters on the Senior Bowl on Tuesday and defined that his choice to maintain Mike McCarthy as his head coach was associated to how quarterback Dak Prescott has performed beneath McCarthy over the previous few years.
“We’re proper at a key spot with Dak,” Jones stated, per Nick Harris of the Cowboys’ web site. “Dak has improved since Mike has been right here, and I feel we are able to stay up for that enchancment. There’s extra there to get when it comes to Dak’s enchancment with Mike. The proof factors to that. With extra to get there, extra pluses on Dak, that impacts quite a lot of different issues that we’re doing proper now with the choices we’re making, so all of it is smart to have [McCarthy] again.”
Legendary Dallas quarterback and Corridor of Famer Troy Aikman credited Jones final week for retaining Prescott and McCarthy collectively, and the 30-year-old signal-caller was later named a finalist for The Related Press’ 2023 NFL Most Precious Participant Award that will likely be handed out on the “NFL Honors” ceremony on Feb. 8. The Cowboys had been linked in rumors with former New England Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick, partly as a result of McCarthy now has a 1-3 postseason document with Dallas following the membership’s 48-32 dwelling wild-card loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers on Jan. 14.
Jones insisted on Tuesday he didn’t need to “discuss” himself into sticking with McCarthy.
“I felt good in the course of the yr with the job that Mike was doing,” Jones stated. “The staff was responding nicely. We have been all dissatisfied that we did not win that Inexperienced Bay recreation. We had visions of lots higher than that, all of us did. However there are issues there that we are able to take ahead.”
Apparently, Jones hinted that McCarthy will not be made to teach within the remaining yr of his contract. The Cowboys are anticipated to signal Prescott to some sort of extension this offseason to decrease his salary-cap hit for 2024.
“Actually he’s within the remaining yr of his contract, so he’s beneath contract so we did not actually need to do something in any respect,” Jones added about McCarthy. “The thought of renewing a contract does not essentially occur in any respect proper after the final recreation. It might probably occur at any time. That is sort of a improper sign to ship that there is no more future than simply this yr within the image.”
The very fact McCarthy’s groups have gone 12-5 throughout every of the previous three common seasons seemingly means little to Jones contemplating the Cowboys have not performed in a convention title recreation since January 1996. No matter McCarthy’s contract standing, he might have a couple of playoff victory subsequent January to stay with the membership via and past the 2025 scouting mix.
