The Dallas Cowboys enter their Week 14 matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals with little room for error if they want to make a last-second playoff run in 2024.
If they can't, the team's owner and general manager Jerry Jones will have a tough decision to make about Mike McCarthy's future.
McCarthy entered the 2024 NFL season on the proverbial hot seat following another first round flame-out in the postseason, this time to the Green Bay Packers. Jones kept McCarthy, who was coming off three consecutive 12-5 seasons, despite that defeat, but it was expected that pressure would be on McCarthy to finally deliver on a quality postseason run.