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Mike McCarthy’s Cowboys extension could be riding on him getting over the Jason Garrett playoff hump

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To his credit, Mike McCarthy has endured.

He weathered the 6-10 season in 2020, after his hiring by the Dallas Cowboys felt like an uninspired reach for someone flexible and familiar to ownership. He rallied in 2021, finishing 12-5 and beating back whispers about Sean Payton lurking in the psyche of Jerry Jones.