{"id":8686,"date":"2025-01-01T02:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T02:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=8686"},"modified":"2025-01-01T02:31:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T02:31:20","slug":"breaking-cowboys-jerry-jones-downplays-urgency-to-make-coaching-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=8686","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys&#8217; Jerry Jones downplays urgency to make coaching decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>Jerry Jones isn&#8217;t rushing his decision on Mike McCarthy and company.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jerry-Jones-downplays-urgency-to-make-coaching-decisions.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy with little question marks surrounding them as Jones contemplates coaching changes.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys will finish a disappointing season with a losing record after Week 17\u2019s blowout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Despite the embarrassing defeat, Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy remains confident in the team\u2019s direction. Still, with the Cowboys\u2019 coaches\u2019 contracts expiring at the end of the season, owner Jerry Jones has some big decisions to make.<\/p>\n<p>However, Jones isn\u2019t feeling pressure to determine how to handle the coaching staff. \u201cI\u2019m not under any unusual time frame. At all,\u201d Jones said via The Athletic\u2019s Jon Machota on X.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy had led the Cowboys to three-straight 12-win seasons entering 2024. But the team has gone just 1-3 under the veteran coach in the playoffs. While Jones has repeatedly stated he would not fire McCarthy during the 2024 season, no decision on his future\u00a0with the team has been announced.<\/p>\n<p>An excellent showing against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 16 seemed to have saved McCarthy\u2019s career in Dallas as Jerry Jones praised the coach\u2019s performance. However, that impressive win was followed by a demoralizing loss to the Eagles in Week 17 that dropped the Cowboys to 7-9.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jerry Jones is not in a rush to decide on Cowboys&#8217; coaches<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3189935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3189935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mike-McCarthy_55f8fa.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mike-McCarthy_55f8fa.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mike-McCarthy_55f8fa.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mike-McCarthy_55f8fa.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mike-McCarthy_55f8fa.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mike-McCarthy_55f8fa.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" alt=\"Cowboys' Jerry Jones downplays urgency to make coaching decisions\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3189935\">Chris Jones-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the down season, McCarthy is an accomplished NFL head coach and Dallas Executive Vice President Stephen Jones acknowledged that other teams would be interested in hiring him if the Cowboys decide to move on.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to McCarthy, the Joneses must decide if they want to bring defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer back. Zimmer signed a one-year deal with the Cowboys prior to the 2024 season. His contract expires after Week 18, along with the contracts of most of the coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas also faces a decision on All-Pro linebacker Micah Parsons. While Stephen Jones has said it will be a quiet offseason for the team, Parsons is looking for a long term contract extension that will keep him with the Cowboys. Fortunately for Dallas, Parsons is open to taking a pay cut so the team can surround him with quality players. The three-time Pro Bowler has also backed McCarthy returning in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, McCarthy chose not to address his future with the team, opting to keep his focus on the season finale. The Cowboys take on the playoff-bound Washington Commanders in Week 18 in what could be McCarthy\u2019s last game at the helm in Dallas.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cowboys face serious questions about the future as the coaching staff&#8217;s contracts expire after Week 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[85,185],"class_list":["post-8686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dallas-cowboys","tag-jerry-jones","tag-mike-mccarthy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Cowboys&#039; Jerry Jones downplays urgency to make coaching decisions - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=8686\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Cowboys&#039; 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