After worst home loss of Jones era, owner backs coach McCarthy - ESPN

ARLINGTON, Texas — After suffering the worst home loss of his time as Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager, 47-9 to the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Jerry Jones backed his head coach, Mike McCarthy.

«Oh, I haven't even considered that,» Jones said of a potential change. «I'm not considering that. Just so you're clear, I'm not considering that.»

When reminded about the previous in-season coaching change he made in 2010 when he fired Wade Phillips and named Jason Garrett as interim coach after a 1-7 start, Jones became terse.

«That would be a hypothetical. In that matter, do you think I'm an idiot? Do you? OK. Well, I'm not going to hypothetical with you about would I consider a coaching change in light of the timing we're sitting here with. I'm not. At all,» he said.

McCarthy is in the final year of his contract. Despite his posting three straight 12-5 finishes, the Cowboys' lack of playoff success — they haven't advanced beyond the divisional round of the playoffs and have lost two postseason games at AT&T Stadium since he was hired in 2020 — put McCarthy's future in question entering the season.

The Cowboys are 3-3 after the loss to the Lions, heading into their bye week. They are just one game behind the Washington Commanders in the NFC East but have lost their first three games at home for the first time since 2010 and have been outscored by 66 points in those games.

«Well, we're disappointed that we're 3-3,» Jones said. «The three-loss side of it, I don't necessarily totally blame on McCarthy. The players will tell you they had something to do with it, too. His other parts of the staff will tell you. And the owner sure will tell you he had something to do with it, so it's not all on him.»

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