To say that the past few years have been disappointing for the Dallas Cowboys would be an understatement. Despite finishing the season atop the NFC East with an impressive 12-5 record, the Cowboys would falter again in the playoffs after heartbreakingly losing to the Green Bay Packers in the Wildcard Round.
The Cowboys enter another season with high hopes. This only means that there’s going to be a lot of pressure on this team to deliver. So much so, that head coach Mike McCarthy could be in danger of getting sacked if he fails to lead his team to glory in 2024.
Dallas Cowboys News: Is Mike McCarthy in the Hot Seat?
Naturally, McCarthy will be heavily scrutinized for his team’s performance in the upcoming season. Perhaps even more so this year following a rather disappointing run for the 60-year-old in his first four years in Dallas.
According to NFL reporter Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports, not even McCarthy’s past achievements could be enough to save him from getting the axe if the Cowboys have another forgettable year in 2024:
“McCarthy has big numbers on his resume — lots of regular-season wins, even a past Super Bowl nod — but only conditional backing from ownership. Jerry Jones has actually proven more patient than expected in Dallas, but not even three straight 12-win seasons have translated to a legitimate playoff run for McCarthy’s Cowboys, lending to Jones also putting pressure on longtime quarterback Dak Prescott. The offense has always hummed fairly well here, but with Dan Quinn no longer overseeing the playmaking defense, all eyes will be on McCarthy, who’s logged a single playoff win in his last six years as a head man,” Benjamin wrote.
The single postseason win in the past six years is a pretty appalling stat. This just goes to show how McCarthy hasn’t found any success in the playoffs for more than half a decade now.
The fact that the former Green Bay Packers shot-caller has won the Super Bowl in the past is proof that he is capable of delivering the Cowboys to the promised land. Whether or not he will be given more time beyond this season to do so, however, is an altogether different question.
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