As I type this, nearly 72 hours have passed since Jerry Jones went on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM] and left Mike McCarthy twisting in the wind. No endorsement for a job well done, no vote of confidence going forward, not much of anything regarding his head coach beyond a pet peeve about using the offseason to fix the Cowboys’ invasive penalty issue.
Beyond the entertainment value of Jones’ 22-minute interview on the station, the relevant question is this: Did it mean anything?
There are two possibilities. One is that, five days after the club’s loss to San Francisco, Jones was still so ticked off at his head coach that he didn’t want to give him the satisfaction of hearing that everything is OK and that he will, indeed, have a job here in 2022. And upon re-listening, I think that is the more likely answer to this riddle. With Jones, you tread lightly through the mine field of his ambiguity, but if forced to take a side, I would probably choose this one.
