As the 2024 season comes to a close, Jones admitted Tuesday that he’s learned more about McCarthy through the team’s campaign of struggles. Dallas will end the year with a losing record, missing the postseason for the first time since McCarthy’s first season in charge.

Despite the Dallas Cowboys suffering a crushing 41-7 defeat by the Philadelphia Eagles, who were without their starting quarterback, the Cowboys ownership and players have remained steadfast in their support for head coach Mike McCarthy.

The Dallas Cowboys' 2024 season has been nothing but a rollercoaster with way more downs than ups through 17 weeks of play. Just a week ago, Dallas (7-9) celebrated a 26-24 upset

Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was one of several players to get bitten by the injury bug, owner Jerry Jones stubbornly refused to boost the team’s running back room last offseason and coach Mike McCarthy dropped a total dud after recording three straight 12-5 seasons at the helm.

“Nah, man,’’ defensive end Micah Parsons said. “We talk about character. If you’re a great football player, it’s who you are, not what you do. I’m not going to go ahead and say I wish the season was over and then I’m watching the Super Bowl and I’m like, ‘dawg, I wish I was out there.’

McCarthy is finishing his fifth season in Dallas and has compiled a record of 49-34, but is only 1-3 in the playoffs. In 2021, 2022 and 2023, he led the Cowboys to identical 12-5 records but couldn't get them past the divisional round of the playoffs.

Mike McCarthy, head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, finds himself in the hot seat yet again after the team’s disappointing 7-9 record heading into the final week of the season. In light of rumors of other teams potentially wanting McCarthy,