We could be looking at the final season in Dallas for Mike McCarthy and Dak Prescott, according to ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky.
Orlovsky said on Get Up Wednesday morning that unless the Cowboys make a deep playoff run–something they haven’t done in nearly three decades–then McCarthy will be looking for a new job.
“Unless the Cowboys get to the NFC Championship game and play well, this is the last year for Mike McCarthy in Dallas and certainly the last year for Dak Prescott as a Dallas Cowboy,” Orlovsky said.
McCarthy has led the Cowboys to three straight 12-5 regular seasons but has just one playoff win to show for it. That resume has put the veteran coach on the hot seat with fans, even if owner Jerry Jones stuck up for McCarthy earlier this offseason after he elected to keep him for the 2024 season
“This is not a ‘talk yourself into it,'” Jones said while at the Senior Bowl back in January.
“It obviously gives you a lot of things to consider and think about. Everybody has options. This is one I’m very comfortable with. I felt good during the year with the job that Mike was doing. The team was responding well.
We were all disappointed that we didn’t win that Green Bay game. We had visions of a lot better than that; we all did. But there are things there that we can take forward.”
McCarthy is not the only person under intense pressure in Dallas. Orlovsky reasoned that we might see the end of Dak Prescott with America’s Team depending on how 2024 goes.
“Because this is what the reality for the Cowboys is: Dak Prescott is going to play well again this season,” Orlovsky said. “What happens is, when he plays well, one of two things: the Cowboys are either going to have to pay him $65-plus million a year and still not have a championship to show for it, or he walks, and they get absolutely nothing.”