Cowboys owner Jerry Jones appears open to retaining coach Mike McCarthy: 'I don't think it's crazy at all'

Speculation has swirled around Mike McCarthy's job security throughout the season.

The Dallas Cowboys' struggles this season seem to amplify the noise surrounding the head coach. The Cowboys managed to upset the Washington Commanders last Sunday, but the team's overall record is 4-7. Dallas should still land a top-12 draft pick.

McCarthy is in the final year of his contract, and it remains unclear whether longtime team owner Jerry Jones would choose to bring him or any of the coaching staff back current. During an appearance on 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday, Jones was asked if offering McCarthy a contract extension was something he would consider questionable.

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Head coach Mike McCarthy of the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones speak with the media during a press conference at the Ford Center at The Star on January 8, 2020 in Frisco, Texas. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

“I don't think it's crazy at all. It's not crazy,” Jones said. “Look, Mike McCarthy is an outstanding coach. … Mike McCarthy has been there, done that. He has great ideas. So the bottom line has no place in my body language or anything else. Have you seen any indication of what we're going to do with respect to this staff at the end of this year and we shouldn't have a lot of football.

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McCarthy dismissed questions about Jones' comments, citing preparations for the Cowboys' Thanksgiving game against the New York Giants.

“I haven't really talked about it all year and I'm definitely not going to start with a short week and a big divisional game,” he said. “But I'm also not going to dismiss the positive vibes. So keep it coming. It's all good. But yeah, it's not something I'm really focused on.”

Owner Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys attends training camp at River Ridge Complex on July 24, 2021 in Oxnard, California. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)

The Cowboys lost quarterback Dak Prescott to injury earlier this month, but Jones pointed out some reasons for optimism. Dallas receiver Brandin Cooks and defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence will soon be eligible to return from injured reserve. Meanwhile, offensive lineman Zack Martin and tight end Jake Ferguson are expected to return soon.

The Cowboys are in third place in the NFC East standings.

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Dallas hasn't been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, so it seems unlikely they'll earn a wild card spot. Either way, one thing Dallas won't do is tank games down the stretch for the sake of better NFL Draft positioning.

“I just think the game is too important. The win is too important,” Jones said. “You look at a coach and, boy, a coach is sitting there, don't think he doesn't add up his wins and losses over his career and he doesn't like to have a loss on that if he can just ask for that, what I mean is that for all of us, a win is a very satisfying thing in any circumstance and it helps you build So there's a lot of ambiguity with. these draft picks. draft picks that were extraordinarily high. didn't work. I had them at a low that knocked it out of the park so you have to weigh what happens when you get the picks and the odds that you knock one out of the park opposite. win a match.

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