Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy will not receive extension, will coach 2024 in contract year

Even though it hasn’t even been a full week since the Green Bay Packers humiliated the

Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs, it already seems like a lot has changed.

It goes without saying that this is not the case at all because there has been no actual change.

The Cowboys, led by team owner, president, and general manager Jerry Jones, declared this week that

Mike McCarthy will return in 2024, despite the franchise’s repeated humiliation in the postseason.

Interestingly, he signed a contract with the organization in 2020, and this is the last year of that deal.

Although it was anticipated that Dallas would not offer McCarthy a contract extension before to the start of the season, nothing is ever really off the table with this team.

ESPN revealed on Saturday afternoon that McCarthy will start the season in a contract year, so you can put any concerns to rest.

Mike McCarthy is not expected to receive any sort of extension from the Dallas Cowboys and will coach the 2024 season on an expiring contract, league sources told ESPN.

Ever since Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced this week that McCarthy would return in 2024,

there have been questions about whether McCarthy’s contract could be adjusted in some way — even

something as simple as having one more year tacked on.

The answer, simply enough, is no. Jones believes that a person in the last year of a contract is

challenged in a different way, and it often can bring out the best in people — which he is banking on the

happening in 2024 with McCarthy.

This is hardly breaking news, but the acknowledgement of it is significant.

The Cowboys have made two decisions in bringing McCarthy back and forcing him to go at the season with his job on the line.

Some could argue that this is a good thing as the intensity of the situation may “bring out the best” in Mike and therefore the team.

The argument against that is that this situation creates a constant distraction as evidenced by how Jerry Jones handled McCarthy’s predecessor in Jason Garrett.

Dallas forced Garrett into a contract year on two consecutive occasions.

The Cowboys delivered in 2014 with a 12-4 record and Wild Card win (before losing to Mike McCarthy’s

Packers in the Dez Caught It™️ game) but failed miserably the second time in 2019 which led to him not returning and the McCarthy era beginning.

ESPN’s sources appear to think that the latter school of thinking may also play a role. According to the report:

Some sources around the league believe that McCarthy could have a more challenging time filling

potential openings on his coaching staff since he will be in the last year of his deal. Others say that,

during periods of adversity, McCarthy’s lack of an extension could hover over the team.

Some other sources question how the Cowboys players will react to McCarthy’s contract status later in

the year if the 2024 season is not going well.

It should go without saying that this will definitely happen. Obviously, it remains to be seen how the

Cowboys react to it. History indicates it won’t be successful.

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