The Dallas Cowboys may have retained Mike McCarthy for the 2024 season, but that doesn’t mean his job is safe. Not with Bill Belichick still available for any team to hire.
According to the latest reports, McCarthy is under pressure to deliver next season and will likely be on the hot seat every time they lose a game.
Mike McCarthy’s Dallas Cowboys Coaching Situation
Fans and experts alike were surprised when the Cowboys decided to keep McCarthy following their embarrassing playoff showing–during which they lost to the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card round.
Many expected Dallas to part ways with McCarthy, especially amid intense calls for the team to change something to end their almost three-decade long Super Bowl drought.
Despite the Cowboys running it back with McCarthy, however, it should be noted that the team didn’t hand the coach a new contract. He will be coaching Dallas in 2021 with an expiring deal, which means there isn’t a lot of faith there.
With that said, if the Cowboys end up struggling in 2024, there is the possibility of the Belichick talks to intensity, per Dan Graziano of ESPN.
“He didn’t get fired, but he didn’t get an extension, either. So McCarthy goes into the final year of his contract with all the pressure that comes with being the Cowboys coach and then some. Every loss is going to make somebody whisper something about Belichick,” Graziano wrote
Bill Belichick To Dallas Cowboys?
As Graziano also noted, Bill Belichick is likely to be linked with every head coaching position for a struggling team in 2024. Sure enough, that includes the Dallas Cowboys.
However, there are going to be concerns about Belichick should he end up joining a new team. After all, he’s already going to be 73 years old in 2025, and it’s unknown how much control he would want on the roster building and decision making in a franchise.
“Belichick’s presence will loom over every hot-seat coaching situation all season, as he’s just 14 wins behind Don Shula for the most in NFL history (sitting at 333, including playoffs). But he’ll also be 73 years old when the 2025 season starts, and only one team expressed serious interest in him this offseason after the Patriots let him go. Could Belichick’s coaching days be done?” Graziano added.
For now, it looks like Belichick will be patient when it comes to any coaching opportunity. He’s definitely not yet done, though it remains to be seen if a team will give him the chance.
As for Mike McCarthy, he can’t really focus on what could happen as he aims to keep his job by winning.
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