Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday that it’s “not crazy” to think head coach Mike McCarthy could end up with a contract extension after the season.
“I don’t think it’s crazy at all.” Jones said Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan.. “That’s not crazy. This is a Super Bowl winning coach. Mike McCarthy has been there and done that. He has great ideas. So the bottom line is nowhere in my body language or anything else: Have you seen any indications about what we’re going to do regarding this staff later this year? And we shouldn’t do it.”
Under McCarthy, the Cowboys have won two division titles and made three consecutive playoff appearances since he was hired in 2020. This season, however, has been one to forget. Dak Prescott is injured through 2025, the running game has been abysmal (31st in total rushing yards and 32nd in rushing touchdowns), and they are 0-5 at home with the New York Giants coming to town on Thanksgiving.
With McCarthy in the final year of his contract, there was speculation that he would not return next season and one name that exists as a possible replacement is Colorado head coach and former Cowboy Deion Sanders.
But Jones might be looking at the circumstances of how the Cowboys have won just four of their first 11 games and might not be so eager to pull the plug on McCarthy. He said earlier this month that he regrets letting coaches (Chan Gailey and Wade Phillips, for example) go and not giving them more time to succeed.
That might explain his comments about McCarthy’s future and the fact that he’s optimistic about the Cowboys’ last six games with Cooper Rush at quarterback. After this week’s Giants, the Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles and Commanders remain on their schedule.
“We have a lot of football left,” Jones said.
The Cowboys snapped a five-game losing streak on Sunday by defeating the Washington Commanders 34-26. They are three games behind the Commanders for the seventh and final NFC playoff spot, but six teams are ahead of them in the race.