Cowboys’ Mike McCarthy ‘business as usual’ after appendix surgery, expected to coach Sunday night vs. Eagles

FRISCO, Texas — The 9-3 Dallas Cowboys are set to battle the 10-2 Philadelphia Eagles for first place in the NFC East on Sunday, and Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy, like many of his players this time of year, will be entering Sunday night’s game a little banged up. 

McCarthy, 60, suffered abdominal pain on Wednesday and was later diagnosed with acute appendicitis. He underwent a procedure for acute appendicitis the same day, and it went well. He was at home as of Thursday, per a team spokesperson. Despite the surgery occurring on Wednesday, McCarthy has been “very involved” in the game-planning process, and he returned to The Star, the team’s headquarters, on Friday, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones confirmed. 

“There’s no change in anything he’s going to be doing [Sunday night],” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan on Friday, via The Athletic. “We’ll be business as usual.”

McCarthy did his Thursday night playcall sheet meeting with quarterback Dak Prescott and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer over Zoom. 

“Had a couple of phone calls with him today, he’s feeling great,” Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said Thursday. “He’s actually very involved. The good thing is, the way we game plan, we do a lot of things early. We frontload stuff. We get to first and second down, third down, really on Monday and Tuesday, which is great. He’s been very involved. He’s in good spirits. It’s always good when he has a lot of suggestions when you talk to him on the phone. Well, what do you think of this? That’s when I know he’s feeling good.”

Stomach pain was the first of McCarthy’s symptoms. 

“He’s like, ‘Ah, I don’t feel good, you know?’ So when something’s wrong, you don’t feel right,” Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn said Wednesday. “So he’s an early riser, so when you see him there, we kind of pulled up at the same time, walked in…

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Author : Garrett Podell

Publish date : 2023-12-08 17:47:50

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