The Cowboys are in a dark place right now. They were there even before Jerry Jones threatened to have local radio hosts fired for asking him tough questions on Tuesday. And while Jones has been emphatic, perhaps too much, in his insistence that he’s not firing Mike McCarthy, the notion has to be at least discussed.
For the last five years, these weekly McCarthy Chronicles have largely praised the work that the Super Bowl-winning coach has done in Dallas. The 2020 season threw a lot of curveballs his way, but McCarthy managed to instill a new culture in the locker room and end on a high note, with his Andy Dalton-led Cowboys winning three of their last four.