The Dallas Cowboys had their annual playoff disappointment this past weekend when they fell apart against the Green Bay Packers 48-32 in the wild-card round, and the game wasn’t even as close as the score suggests.
It left Cowboys fans asking for head coach Mike McCarthy to be fired, but instead, the team is reportedly sticking with him for the 2024 season.
On “The Dan Patrick Show,” host Dan Patrick says that while McCarthy has done well in the regular season, Dallas needs a coach who is well-respected come playoff time.
“It’s nice to have a regular season coach who people think highly of, but you need a coach that people think highly of when it comes to the postseason. I’d like to know that we have an advantage there,” Patrick said.
"It's nice to have a regular season coach who people think highly of, but you need a coach that people think highly of when it comes to the postseason. I'd like to know that we have an advantage there."
-DP reacts to the #Cowboys retaining Mike McCarthy pic.twitter.com/MWOTH8LfrU
— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) January 18, 2024
This was the third year in a row that Dallas won 12 regular season games, and they looked utterly dominant at times while possessing what many felt was their most talented squad since their last Super Bowl win in the 1995 campaign.
But they have made early playoff exits a habit — in fact, they haven’t even reached the NFC Championship Game since that last Super Bowl-winning season in the mid-1990s.
As disappointing as McCarthy has been, an even bigger problem has been quarterback Dak Prescott, who has a habit of looking excellent in the regular season, only to underperform in the playoffs.
Against Green Bay, he threw two early interceptions, and although he had three touchdown passes, two of them came late in the fourth quarter with the outcome already decided.
He will be a free agent after next season, and as Patrick pointed out, the Cowboys will have to decide whether to roll with him or to take a shot on someone else under center.
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