NFL Insider Provides Shocking Mike McCarthy Update

The 2024 season was considered to be a make-or-break season for Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy. Jerry Jones refused to give him a contract extension before the season and McCarthy was entering the year as a lame duck. Another disappointing campaign or an early playoff exit would likely signal the end of the McCarthy era in Dallas.

It has been a more disappointing season than any Cowboys fan could have even imagined. Dallas fell behind in the playoff race before the halfway mark of the season and threw in the towel. That is why the latest update by NFL insider Dianna Russini caught many by surprise. The Athletic reporter said on the Scoop City podcast that there is a "feeling around the league" that McCarthy will be back with the Cowboys in 2025.

To sum up the turn of events, the Cowboys didn't give McCarthy an extension before the season, watched the team have their worst season in nine years, and have now decided that he is the right coach for this team. Make that make sense.

Some Cowboys players including Micah Parsons and Dak Prescott have recently given McCarthy a vote of confidence. Some fans will point to the fact that the team was ravaged by injuries. Even though that is true, the Cowboys didn't look like contenders well before the injury bug hit.

In the eight games Prescott suited up for before his season-ending injury, Dallas went 3-5, including two embarrassing blowout losses to the Saints and the Lions at home.

A cynical reading of the situation would be that Jerry Jones wants to maintain as much control over the team as possible. An elite head coach is not going to come to Dallas and defer to Jones for every major decision. The Cowboys leadership knows that they will continue to run the show if McCarthy is there and that is more important to Jerry Jones & Co. than winning football games.

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