The Dallas Cowboys are reportedly planning to make at least one major change if they don’t go on a deep playoff run come January.
Mike McCarthy coached Dallas to back-to-back 12 -win seasons in 2021 and 2022, but the club suffered losses to the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card Round and the Divisional Round in those two years, respectively.
According to Tony Pauline of Sportskeeda, the Cowboys will fire McCarthy if they suffer another early postseason exit. Additionally, Pauline reports that the team would promote defensive coordinator Dan Quinn to the HC position if they fire McCarthy:
“The belief around the league is Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy must make a deep run into the playoffs this season or he’ll lose his job…
Sources tell me that if McCarthy does not make a run deep into the playoffs and Dallas lets him go, Quinn will be hired as head coach of the Cowboys. This is a consensus belief throughout the league…Whether it’s 2024 or in the near future, the overwhelming belief in the league whittles down to this — Dan Quinn is next in line to be the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.”
Owner Jerry Jones has a rather strange history with head coaching changes. He parted ways with Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson after winning back-to-back Super Bowls in 1994, because Jones came to quickly dislike him.
Jones kept Jason Garrett for 10 years (2010 to 2019) despite constant underachievement in Dallas. Garrett only won two playoff games in Dallas, and yet Jones stood by him until the club missed the postseason with an 8-8 record.
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But unlike Garrett, McCarthy has enjoyed consistent regular season success with America’s Team. Fair or not, expectations just keep growing higher for McCarthy’s group, to the point where it’s “Super Bowl or bust” for Jones and the fans.
Dallas is sitting comfortably in a playoff spot at 8-3, and they still have a shot at winning the NFC’s top seed. Of course, their regular season record doesn’t matter as much as a deep playoff run — something the Cowboys haven’t had since their last NFC Championship appearance in 1995.
