The Dallas Cowboys have a track record of melting down in the postseason, and if they come up short again, one would think Mike McCarthy’s seat will heat up at least a little bit.
Jerry Jones is nipping that talk in the bud already.
McCarthy is in Year 3 of his Cowboys tenure, and so far the results are a missed trip to the playoffs in 2020 and a Wild Card Round loss to the 49ers last year. They enter this postseason as the No. 5 seed, but have played some of their worst football in the final weeks of the season.
Limping to the finish and then losing to a sub.-500 Bucs team in the first round would probably be enough justification to can a coach, but the Cowboys owner said on “Shan and RJ” that’s not on the table.
"No. I don’t even want to – no. That’s it,” Jones said when asked if there was an outcome Monday that could result in McCarthy’s job being in jeopardy. “I don’t need to go into all the pluses or minuses, but I’ve got a lot more to evaluate Mike McCarthy on than this playoff game.”
That seemingly unwavering confidence in McCarthy and the rest of the Cowboys coaching staff was a theme for Jones on Tuesday.
Despite the fact that the Cowboys got their doors blown off by the Commanders in Week 18, Jones was adamant that the coaching staff could get things sorted out by Monday.
“I have real confidence, all the confidence in the world in Mike and our offensive line coaches and our offensive personnel, our coordinator. I have all the faith in the world that we can make the kind of adjustments we need to make this week. …
“I can see us playing better. We’ve got to play better at Tampa, but I’ve got confidence in our coaches to get that straightened out.”
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