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Ralph Vacchiano
NFL Reporter
The signs of trouble were there during the Dallas Cowboys’ offseason when Jerry Jones promised to go “all in” but didn’t. It was obvious they had a roster filled with holes. They did not look like a real Super Bowl contender.
But none of those signs foretold a season quite like this.
“Have we had rough seasons? Yes,” the Cowboys owner said last week. “And this one, we didn’t anticipate the record. And the way we’re playing right now, we wouldn’t have anticipated that. But you all have heard me tell these old stories until you’re sick: You stay in this league long enough, you’ll have times like this.”
It’s really been a long time since they’ve had a season as sickly as this one has become, even after their wild, 34-26 win in Washington on Sunday. They are 4-7 with no hope left of salvaging their season. They’re 0-5 at home, where their remaining few fans were drowned out by Houston Texans faithful last Monday night. Their starting quarterback, Dak Prescott, is out for the season. Their coach, Mike McCarthy, is on the hot seat, even after three straight 12-5 seasons.
Literally, everything about the Cowboys right now is bad.
Which means for Jones and everyone else in the Cowboys organization, the only question that matters the rest of the way is this one:
What do they have to do to make things good again?
The first step would be to hire a real general manager so Jones isn’t the one making the football decisions anymore, but the 82-year-old billionaire has made it clear he’s never going to do that. So maybe he’ll be open to some helpful advice instead:
1. Don’t impulsively fire Mike McCarthy
This won’t be a popular decision among Cowboys fans, but there are good reasons to renew McCarthy’s contract after the season. There are issues with McCarthy, to be sure, but going 12-5 in three straight seasons isn’t nothing. And this season wasn’t all his fault since he was hurt by…
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