Jerry Jones discusses Mike McCarthy's job status
Will another early exit seal his fate?
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The Dallas Cowboys will be looking to get the bitter taste out of their mouths that was left by their early exit from the NFL postseason last year at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers, ending what was a division-winning campaign that naturally came with heavy expectations of challenging for a title.
They're right back in the postseason this year, the first time that they've qualified two years in a row since 2016 and 2017. But will another early exit seal the fate of head coach Mike McCarthy? Not so, according to team owner and general manager Jerry Jones.
"No. I don't even want to... No. That's it," Jones said during his weekly appearance on 105.3 The Fan. "I don't need to go into all the pluses or minuses. I've got a lot more to evaluate Mike McCarthy on than this playoff game."
"I can't tell you how much confidence I've got in Mike and our coaching staff of being on top of where we are with this team right now," Jones said. "They've got every nuance. They understand every frailty that we might have or we might have shown Sunday [in the loss to Washington]. They've got everything in their grasp and in their understanding, and I have complete confidence in this coaching staff. It's outstanding. We've got a great chance to go down there and have success."
The Cowboys are going to be taking on Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 16 at Raymond James Stadium in the NFL Wild Card Round.
"When you really think about it, we're not playing Brady," Jones said. "We're playing Tampa Bay, the team. And it's conceivable that we could make Brady not play well and get our tails beat by the rest of the team. And I'm not trying to be cute. But we've got to go play the entire team. And this Brady thing has got to be sensitive. I know it's there and I respect that. Gives us a challenge to do something we haven't done before, and that's beat Tom Brady."
