Cowboys’ Mike McCarthy not anticipated to get extension, sources say

Mike McCarthy just isn’t anticipated to obtain any form of extension from the Dallas Cowboys and can coach the 2024 season on an expiring contract, league sources informed ESPN.

Ever since Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones introduced this week that McCarthy would return in 2024, there have been questions on whether or not McCarthy’s contract could possibly be adjusted not directly — even one thing so simple as having yet one more 12 months tacked on.

The reply, merely sufficient, is not any. Jones stated he believes that an individual within the final 12 months of a contract is challenged differently, and it usually can deliver out one of the best in folks — which he’s banking on taking place in 2024 with McCarthy.

Jones anticipated and requested the identical of McCarthy’s predecessor, Jason Garrett, who twice coached into the ultimate 12 months of his contract.

The primary time Garrett coached within the closing 12 months of his contract was in 2014, when he went 12-4 and landed five-year extension. The second time was in 2019, when he completed 8-8 and didn’t return to the Cowboys, who changed him with McCarthy.

Three days after a disappointing wild-card loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers at AT&T Stadium, Jones made McCarthy’s return in 2024 official with a 260-word assertion that lauded McCarthy’s regular-season profitable share and his “demonstrated postseason success,” even when it got here with the Packers.

The Cowboys are 67-42 within the common season and have received two NFC East titles up to now three years, however are simply 1-3 within the playoffs underneath McCarthy.

McCarthy stated he’s extra motivated by legacy than cash, and stated the dearth of an extension was not a problem to him. However the truth that he can be teaching within the closing 12 months of his deal will grasp over McCarthy and the Cowboys, and can create unavoidable points.

Some sources across the league say that McCarthy may have a more difficult time filling potential openings on his teaching workers since he can be within the final 12 months of his deal. Others say that, during times of adversity, McCarthy’s lack of an extension may hover over the workforce.

Another sources query how the gamers will react to McCarthy’s contract standing later within the 12 months if the 2024 season just isn’t going properly.

The Cowboys’ Tremendous Bowl drought has now stretched to twenty-eight seasons, and though he acknowledged Wednesday that his workforce has “work to do,” McCarthy urged followers to “purchase into us.”

“I got here right here to win a championship,” McCarthy stated. “I did not come right here to get one other contract or something apart from that. I got here to Dallas to win a world championship.”