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<\/p>\nConsidering Mike McCarthy\u2018s lame-duck status and underwhelming 2024 output, there have been plenty who have questioned the head coach\u2019s future in Dallas beyond the 2024 campaign. While speculation continues to swirl, it sounds like there\u2019s still a chance McCarthy could be back with the organization in 2025.<\/p>\n
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Per Josina Anderson, the team\u2019s decision makers have yet to have \u201cearnest discussions or planning on the future\u201d in regards to their head coaching position.<\/p>\n
Diana Russini of The Athletic has heard similarly, with some sources opining that the final stretch of this season could determine McCarthy\u2019s future with the franchise.<\/p>\n
Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones effectively confirmed that the organization would use the next few games to evaluate their head coaching position.<\/p>\n
When asked by Russini about McCarthy\u2019s future with the team, Jones said the organization has yet to make \u201cany decisions\u201d and intends to judge \u201cthe full body of work after the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
McCarthy helped guide the Cowboys to the playoffs each season between 2021 and 2023, but he only had a single playoff win to show for his efforts. Following another one-and-done appearance in 2023, the Cowboys made it clear that they\u2019d be sticking with their head coach for the 2024 campaign\u2026but with lame-duck status. The organization was unwilling to give McCarthy a contract extension, and with 2024 representing the final year of his contract, the coach found himself coaching for his job this season.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys are set to miss the playoffs for the second time in McCarthy\u2019s tenure, although the coach could easily point to injuries as a reason for the team\u2019s underwhelming showing.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys have been hit hard by the injury bug, with key contributors like defensive ends DeMarcus Lawrence and Sam Williams, cornerback Trevon Diggs, guard Zack Martin, and, of course, quarterback Dak Prescott currently sitting on IR.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not to mention players like DaRon Bland, wide receiver Brandin Cooks, and defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who recently found their way off of IR.<\/p>\n
McCarthy is in the midst of one of the longest Cowboys HC stints in recent memory.<\/p>\n
Other than Jason Garrett\u2018s nine-plus seasons at the helm, McCarthy\u2019s five-year run is only rivaled by Jimmy Johnson\u2018s five-year stint in the post-Tom Landry era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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