Headed into the Cowboys’ wild-card matchup against the Buccaneers on Monday night, questions lingered about coach Mike McCarthy’s job security, who had yet to win a playoff game in his first two seasons in Dallas. However, after the Cowboys routed Tom Brady and Tampa 31–14, franchise owner Jerry Jones gave perhaps his most ringing endorsement of McCarthy yet.
“You think I was sold on him before this outstanding game for the Cowboys, I’ve gone up a notch,” Jones said of McCarthy, per Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports.
Jones’s comments come less than a week after he somewhat sidestepped a question about McCarthy’s job security going into the Cowboys vs. Bucs game during an interview on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. Still, the Dallas owner sounded clear that the team’s coach wasn’t in danger of losing his job if Monday’s game hadn’t gone well.
