Do you expect radical changes in the Cowboys? better take a seat

DALLAS — It’s highly unlikely that there will be any substantive fallout from the elimination of the Dallas Cowboys, despite the fact that Jerry Jones was silent when asked about the possibility of changing head coaches.

After the loss to the San Francisco 49ers, which extended the Cowboys’ appearances in the Playoffs to 11 without reaching the Championship Game (NFL record), Jones acknowledged feeling embarrassed by the elimination and by the way the team handled the encounter

“I don’t even want to discuss something like this at this particular time. It is not something that is on the table. The game speaks for itself,” Jones said of Mike McCarthy’s work as coach.

On Monday, team vice president Stephen Jones, Jerry’s son, reiterated his confidence that McCarthy will return next season.

One of the very few ways McCarthy could lose his job is for Jerry to get the head coach he has wanted for more than a decade, Sean Payton, who has managed the New Orleans Saints since 2006 and who, for family reasons, could interested in returning to Dallas, where he worked as offensive coordinator and assistant coach from 2003 to 2005 under Bill Parcells.

According to sources with knowledge of the situation, there are veteran players with multimillion-dollar contracts who could leave the Cowboys for salary-cap reasons and underperforming as running back Ezekiel Elliott, the receptor Amari Cooper, offensive tackle Tyron Smith and the guard connor-williams.

Others, like the linebacker Leighton Vander Esch, they are likely to leave via free agency.

Stephen Jones warned that the Cowboys won’t make any spectacular signings in free agency, because they will stick with the culture they put in place more than a decade ago, when they promoted Will McClay to VP of scouting, of nurturing players who make it to the team. via draft or with the hiring of medium or low-profile free agents.

Where yes changes in the coaching staff are expected, because the defensive and offensive coordinators, Dan Quinn and Kellen Moore, respectively, are candidates for the position of head coaches of several teams.

Among these teams are the Denver Broncos, who will interview both on Thursday in Dallas in what will be the first interview for Quinn, with whom the Chicago Bears have also requested to speak a couple of weeks ago, as well as the Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Quinn said he would accept interviews with teams for the head coaching job until the Cowboys’ season was over.

Moore has already interviewed with the Jaguars and practically the Bears, Broncos and Vikings also want to interview him, like Quinn.

Various media outlets in Dallas demanded in their editorial columns that McCarthy be fired and that Quinn be promoted to head coach instead of letting him go, as happened with Sean Payton, who from being the Cowboys’ offensive coordinator in Parcells’ time he went to the Saints.

Another of the great concerns in Dallas around the Cowboys is the evident loss of the quarterback’s game. dak prescott, especially given the way his level dropped during the second half of the campaign.

Many believe the quarterback’s problem is mental for fear of getting hurt again. The hypothesis is that without Prescott, the Cowboys would be unable to generate consistent offense, however, this happened in the second half of the current campaign.

Never in his career, until before the calf injury he suffered against the New England Patriots in Week 6, had Prescott been so slow in his reactions to releasing the ball, especially in making decisions, including running. Since then and on a recurring basis, it took up to half a game to get into a rhythm and be precise. Even several Cowboys players have said they can’t afford to waste two quarters.

“Self-inflicted mistakes. Some of the punishments, pre-snaps (of the ball), things that we caused ourselves. We are putting ourselves behind the chains and making it difficult”, highlighted Prescott after the loss against the 49ers. “These are the Playoffs and when you get hurt and get behind the chains it’s tough.

“We have to be better. I have to be better starting the game, “added the passer.

Many even believe he needs a head coach to help correct Prescott’s mental errors, which are more complicated than his mechanics or shooting and playing techniques.

Following the loss to San Francisco, Jerry Jones was asked if the level Prescott has displayed recently, particularly against the 49ers, is what he hopes to see from his $40 million quarterback.

Jones remained silent and minutes later, he only said that it was not the time to comment on the subject.

The point is that almost all of Prescott’s contract is guaranteed and his departure would reflect directly on the Cowboys’ salary cap in the short- and medium-term future.

“I don’t know if I’ve had a better opportunity or a more complete team than this. It’s hard to accept, to know every year that a team is not going to be the same,” Prescott lamented. “Some of these guys won’t come back. It’s hard for me to accept it right now, because I think we missed a good opportunity to do something special.”