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Aldon Smith is looking to resurrect his NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys and the story behind his decision is quite interesting. Nearly two weeks after he signed with the Cowboys, it’s been revealed why Smith chose to join Dallas. Prior to his reinstatement to the NFL at the beginning of April, Smith had spent […]

Incoming Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy will welcome the opportunity to work with Dak Prescott–pending the two sides agree on a contract–but a different quarterback nearly coaxed McCarthy to take another head coaching job. Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post reported McCarthy showed interest in the New York Giants due in part to the intrigue […]

The Dallas Cowboys made a pretty big splash this offseason with the signing of head coach Mike McCarthy. He was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers for 13 years. In that time, he boasted a 125-77-2 record (.618 winning percentage) in the regular season, and won one Super Bowl. McCarthy also called the plays. […]

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy has already expressed his confidence in quarterback Dan Prescott. He is now hoping to secure his two favorite targets in wide receivers Amari Cooper and Randall Cobb. Both Cooper and Cobb are set to test the market in free agency this offseason. McCarthy is hoping that the Cowboys will […]

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy may have full confidence in quarterback Dak Prescott as a Super Bowl-winning player. However, it seems running back Ezekiel Elliott will remain as the central force in the offense. Elliott is coming off another dominant year by his high standards. McCarthy is looking to keep it going in the […]

There has been plenty of speculation regarding the ongoing contract negotiations between the Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott. Head coach Mike McCarthy has since offered up his vote of confidence in Prescott as a bonafide franchise quarterback. Despite the significant changes to the coaching staff this offseason, it is no secret that the Cowboys’ […]

Jason Witten is still undecided about his future with the Dallas Cowboys, but the organization may make the choice for him. As Todd Archer of ESPN broke down what could happen this offseason, he suspects that Witten will play elsewhere in 2020 if he continues his NFL career. At the conclusion of the 2017 season, […]

Despite some ho-hum results on the field, the Dallas Cowboys remain one of the most talked-about teams in the NFL. That won’t change any time soon. After posting an 8-8 record in 2019, the team parted ways with head coach Jason Garrett. The on-field results simply didn’t match up with the amount of talent the […]

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith is a key to the team’s defense, but Mike McCarthy still hasn’t found time to call him back. Smith made an appearance on the Aaron Tores Sports Podcast and talked about a variety of things including his new head coach. Smith revealed that he reached out to McCarthy as he […]

Mike McCarthy is the new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, but the veteran spent the first 13 seasons of his NFL head-coaching career at the helm for the Green Bay Packers from 2006 through 2018. For 11 of those years, Aaron Rodgers was the starting quarterback, so if anyone knows McCarthy, it’s Rodgers. The […]

The Dallas Cowboys were unable to make the playoffs in 2019 and decided it was finally time to part ways with Jason Garrett. While speaking about the current direction of the Cowboys, former head coach Jimmy Johnson revealed why he thinks Dallas struggled under Garrett via David Moore of the Dallas Morning News. Jimmy Johnson […]

The Dallas Cowboys have ushered in some significant changes to their coaching staff this offseason with the hiring of Mike McCarthy. Fortunately, it appears they are rather pleased with how the decision has panned out. According to Jon Machota of the Athletic, Cowboys Vice President Stephen Jones is happy with the coaching staff they have […]

Mike McCarthy’s former employer is thriving without him. In the Green Bay Packers’ first season since 2006 without McCarthy as head coach, they made the NFC Championship, posting a 13-3 record in the process. McCarthy, now the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, did not turn off the TV when the Packers played. Instead, while […]

Mike McCarthy did not remain unemployed for long. Dak Prescott got his new coach with the Cowboys. After sitting out of football for a year, McCarthy was recently named head coach of the Dallas Cowboys and is hoping to bring the cornerstone franchise back to the top. In order to do that, he will need […]

Mike McCarthy won’t be the play-caller of the Dallas Cowboys’ offense, as previously assumed. Instead, the offensive coordinator of the previous regime will. Kellen Moore won’t only be the offensive coordinator; he will also be the play-caller, as McCarthy said on Thursday, via Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News.  Moore’s status as a play-caller should […]

Mike McCarthy is continuing to assemble an impressive coaching staff after becoming the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. According to Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel, McCarthy has brought in Texas A&M’s Maurice Linguist to be the defensive backs coach. Source: Texas A&M cornerbacks coach Maurice Linguist has accepted a job coaching in the secondary for […]

The Dallas Cowboys announced Mike McCarthy as the team’s next head coach on Wednesday but there is still some business that needs taken care of. With the offseason coming soon, Stephen Jones gave an update on a deal for Dak Prescott. “We’ve got to land the plane and get his deal done,” Jones said, via Jon […]

All signs point towards Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott being back in Arlington next season either with a new contract or under the franchise tag. If, for some reason, the Cowboys decided not to offer him a contract, there is no doubt he is going to be a starting quarterback for some team next season. […]

Running backs have never been the staple of a Mike McCarthy offense. Dubbed a “quarterback whisperer,” the new Dallas Cowboys head coach has taught and schemed offenses for Hall of Fame-caliber passers. As for runners, he has never used a tailback as a leading part of an offense, often using them as complementary players. That […]

Jason Garrett may have lost his job as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys to Mike McCarthy, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t offer some kind words to Jerry Jones about McCarthy on his way out. At McCarthy’s introductory press conference on Wednesday, Jones said that when he informed Garrett that the team would be […]

Mike McCarthy is forming his staff in the panhandle. The newly hired Dallas Cowboys head coach is getting rid of the old and replacing it with coaches he’s more familiar with. According to Todd Archer of ESPN, Marc Colombo will not return to the Cowboys as an offensive line coach. Joe Philbin is expected to […]

The Dallas Cowboys made it official. Mike McCarthy is their head coach. Aaron Rodgers, quarterback of his former team, the Green Bay Packers, is happy for him and has a theory of why he was hired. McCarthy and Rodgers won a Super Bowl in Arlington. They won several big games against the Cowboys in Dallas. […]

As it stands, Dak Prescott will be a free agent in March. However, the presumption is that it won’t happen. The Dallas Cowboys will find a way to extend their presumed franchise quarterback, whether that be a long term deal or a franchise tag. Prescott’s second coach of his NFL career makes it clear that […]

Back during the 2014-15 NFL playoffs, the Dallas Cowboys were locked in a tight Divisional Round battle with the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field that featured a very controversial no-catch call involving then-Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant. Of course, Mike McCarthy, who took Dallas’ head-coaching job earlier this week, was the coach of the […]

While Mike McCarthy is now the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, he is most known for his lengthy tenure with the Green Bay Packers, where he went 125-77-2 from 2006 through most of 2018 and led the Packers to nine playoff appearances, six NFC North division titles and a Super Bowl championship. During his […]

The Dallas Cowboys are trying to get back on track, and they are hoping Mike McCarthy is the man for the job. The Cowboys hired McCarthy as their new head coach earlier this week, and McCarthy is already prepared to get to work. “The goal will never change here,” said McCarthy, according to Sam Gannon […]

The Dallas Cowboys are beginning to assemble a talented coaching staff under Mike McCarthy. According to Tom Pelissero, Dallas is hiring the Los Angeles Rams’ special teams coach, John Fassel, to the same position. The #Cowboys are expected to hire John “Bones” Fassel as their special teams coordinator, sources tell me and @RapSheet. One of […]

The Dallas Cowboys hired Mike McCarthy as the next head coach of the franchise and he’s trying to retain one of the current coordinators on the coaching staff. According to Mike Garafolo, Kellen Moore is leaning towards staying on McCarthy’s staff in Dallas. #Cowboys OC Kellen Moore is leaning toward remaining with the team under […]

Dallas Cowboys’ new head coach Mike McCarthy would like to have offensive coordinator Kellen Moore stay on staff to continue in his current role, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. Update on #Cowboys OC Kellen Moore: New coach Mike McCarthy would like him to stay and remain OC, which may also help Moore […]

The Dallas Cowboys hired Mike McCarthy as their new head coach on Monday, a move that has generated a whole lot of discussion in fan, media, and even player circles. Of course, McCarthy is most known for his lengthy stint as head coach of the Green Bay Packers, as he was at the helm there […]

The first time Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones saw Mike McCarthy, the coaching search was over because of the affection for each other. According to a source of Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the first time the two met, it was “love at first sight.” It makes sense that Jones saw something new after […]

The Dallas Cowboys elected to part ways with longtime head coach Jason Garrett this week while a fellow Texan has come to his defense. Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle is just the latest figure to chime in regarding the parting of ways between the once heralded Cowboys and the newly unemployed Garrett. “They were […]

The Dallas Cowboys have chosen to replace Jason Garrett with Mike McCarthy and one of McCarthy’s former players is in support of the move. Soon after hearing the news, Brett Favre reacted to Dallas hiring McCarthy as the team’s new head coach via Jon Machota. Brett Favre on @SiriusXMNFL on Mike McCarthy becoming the next […]

Mike McCarthy was hired as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys on Monday, but a complete overhaul of the rest of the coaching staff may not be necessary. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, McCarthy is “more than open” to keeping Kellen Moore installed as the team’s offensive coordinator. Moore became a member of […]

The Dallas Cowboys secured their next head coach of the future on Monday, when the team reportedly hired former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy to become the next leader of the team. Now, we have some additional information surrounding how long his contract is. ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that McCarthy’s deal with […]

The Dallas Cowboys made the decision to go a different direction from head coach Jason Garrett. Not 24 hours later, the team has already decided on their choice for next head coach. That choice is former Green Bay Packers’ head coach Mike McCarthy. According to a report from Jay Glazer via Bleacher Report on Twitter, […]

The Dallas Cowboys technically have Jason Garrett as their head coach. However, by all means, they are looking for a new head coach. They recently began that process by interviewing long-time NFL coaching candidates Mike McCarthy and Marvin Lewis. According to Jay Glazer of FOX, via R.J. Ochoa of SB Nation, the interview went so […]

The Dallas Cowboys are in the market for a new head coach, and they have a pretty big name on their radar. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Mike McCarthy is headed to Dallas to speak with the Cowboys about their head-coaching vacancy. While Dallas has not yet announced any decision on Jason Garrett, […]

The Dallas Cowboys begin their search for a new coach after the news broke that the franchise is moving on from Jason Garrett. They are now looking for a capable coach to help Jerry Jones’ team get over the bump, and Mike McCarthy may be one candidate who can pull off the job. There are […]