There are five weeks left in this NFL season. Time really does fly.
At the moment it is still possible that the Dallas Cowboys are playing beyond that, but there is obviously a lot that would go into them reaching the playoffs at this point in time. Consensus is that when the regular season finishes, so will they.
Whenever this season does come to a close for the Cowboys they are going to be faced with an important decision relative to the franchise: Who is going to be the head coach?
We have talked ad nauseam for almost a full year now about Mike McCarthy and his future, and it is important to note that the reason this is the case is because the Cowboys specifically chose to charge into this season with him in the final year of his contract, knowing full well the elephant in the room that it would create.