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Five guaranteed games remain on Mike McCarthy’s contract.
Dak Prescott hopes the Dallas Cowboys keep his coach for more.
The Cowboys quarterback can’t meaningfully impact his team’s performance as he recovers from season-ending surgery to repair his hamstring tear. That bothers him.
“Your coach seems like he’s playing on his last contract and [I’m] almost feeling helpless like I can’t help him in this situation, especially a guy you believe in so much and you believe in being your head coach,” Prescott told Yahoo Sports during a Tuesday afternoon Zoom call. “Control what I can control, help and support Mike to every extent that I can.”
In nine seasons with the Cowboys, Prescott has played for two head coaches. He leans on his experience watching Jason Garrett coach the final year of his deal in 2019 to manage this season. Prescott said he was glad to hear team owner and general manager Jerry Jones say last week that it’s “not crazy” to consider McCarthy returning for a sixth season and beyond.
“I believe in him wholeheartedly,” Prescott said, speaking in partnership with DICK’S Sporting Goods. “I don’t want to necessarily get into the nuts and the screws of it all obviously, but I think he definitely deserves a chance – another contract and a chance to coach this team amongst more influence. ‘On his terms’ may be a good way to say it.
“But I wholeheartedly believe in him.”
The Cowboys posted three straight 12-win seasons from 2021 through 2023 under McCarthy. They’ve made the playoffs each of McCarthy’s years in which Prescott has been healthy for more than half of games but fallen far short of their postseason goals. The Cowboys have not advanced to the NFC Championship, much less the Super Bowl, since the 1995 season.
After the 2021 season, the San Francisco 49ers upset the Cowboys in the wild-card round, 23-17. Dallas was the only division winner to lose in that round.
The next year, Dallas beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers…
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Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-12-03 22:36:00
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