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Cowboys' Mike McCarthy Says Late Coach Markus Paul Was a 'Special Man'

head coach Mike McCarthy opened up about strength and conditioning coach Markus Paul—who died this week at the age of 54—following Thursday's loss to the .

"Markus was a special man. He was definitely someone, when I think of him, obviously had a lot of success in his professional life; but if you really look at the mark of a man, it's more about significance than success. I can't tell you the impact he's made on our football team, really the whole organization. I obviously only worked with Markus since January, but it was clearly evident through these last 48 hours, 72 hours, what he means to everybody.