Dallas Cowboys proprietor and common supervisor Jerry Jones insisted final week that earlier controversial comments provided by star pass-rusher Micah Parsons had been “not meant as a critique of” head coach Mike McCarthy.
Following Dallas’ disheartening 34-10 loss to the Houston Texans that dropped the Cowboys to 3-7 on Monday evening, Jones shared that he believes gamers are nonetheless combating for McCarthy amid what appears to be a misplaced season for everyone concerned.
“That dropping the staff stuff, that is so overblown,” Jones defined, in accordance with Todd Archer of ESPN. “These guys are so, to begin with, they’re pure opponents. Secondly, they’re so happy with the truth that they’re skilled and dissatisfied in possibly the way in which they executed the play, however that is not something that is brother or first cousin to surrender.”
Whether or not or not Parsons meant to take a shot when he advised he wasn’t all that apprehensive about McCarthy’s future in all probability will not matter in the long term. McCarthy stays within the last season of a contract that Jones is not extending earlier than Week 18 concludes. There’s little signal the Cowboys have a run in them with beginning quarterback Dak Prescott sidelined as a consequence of a season-ending hamstring harm. Quite a few tales started linking Dallas with potential replacements for McCarthy resembling former New England Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick and former Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel lengthy earlier than Monday’s recreation bought underway.
Jones might have to fret in regards to the Cleveland Browns quickly giving Vrabel an audition, however there’s little anyone inside the Cowboys can do about that forward of Thanksgiving. Per Charean Williams of Professional Soccer Speak, Jones reiterated after Monday’s blowout defeat that he is not going to change McCarthy with an interim head coach for the rest of the marketing campaign.
“All people’s definitely dissatisfied,” Jones added in regards to the Cowboys’ report, “however that is a giant distinction in not figuring out that you just bought to place the foot in entrance of the opposite to go.”
Dallas subsequent performs on the rival Washington Commanders (7-4) on Sunday earlier than the Cowboys host the lowly New York Giants (2-8) for a Thanksgiving Day recreation some informal followers might skip. As of Tuesday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Cowboys as huge 10.5-point underdogs in opposition to the Commanders.
