‘I think he does it extremely well’
Things are going splendidly in Dallas this season with a 5-1 start providing legitimate hope for the Cowboys that’s long been absent.
But one glaring issue keeps rearing its head, threatening to throw a kink in the works — Mike McCarthy’s game management. The head coach who joined the Cowboys with a history of making high-stakes blunders and miscalculations keeps doing it. Seemingly every Sunday, there are headlines about McCarthy errors being overshadowed by a win.
It happened again in Week 6 when McCarthy appeared to lose track of what down it was and called a late timeout ahead of a game-tying field goal that needlessly left time for the New England Patriots in regulation. The Patriots didn’t capitalize on the long-shot opportunity, and the Cowboys prevailed in overtime, leaving McCarthy off the hook — again.
But the wins haven’t stopped owner Jerry Jones from repeatedly facing questions about his coach’s well-documented blind spot. Jones defended McCarthy’s game management after a Week 3 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. He did so again on his weekly Tuesday radio appearance on 105.3 The Fan.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been in a game that you can’t point to aspects of it that are, really, iffy,” Jones said. “And sometimes it has a good result, sometimes it doesn’t.
“But overall I’m right in there with Mike on his game management. I think he does it extremely well. But more importantly, I want all of our fans to know how conscientious about how hard he works on it, the detail of situational rehearsal and practice that he does.”
5-1 covers up a lot of blemishes, especially when the next-best team in the NFC East is 2-4. The Cowboys are cruising and haven’t been bitten by McCarthy’s mistakes. This season, at least.
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