Dak Prescott backs Mike McCarthy as Jerry Jones mum on coach's future - ESPN

ARLINGTON, Texas — Before the Dallas Cowboys' 48-32 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the wild-card round of the playoffs was even finished Sunday, there were questions swirling about the job status of coach Mike McCarthy.

Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones, now 81 and a 28th season removed from the franchise's last Super Bowl, would not get into what may or may not happen with McCarthy as he stood outside the locker room after the game.

«I haven't thought one second about it,» Jones said. «I know how hard, how much it meant to our fans to advance. What this loss to me means, again, not how (or) why, who didn't do what, all of that type of thing — the only thing on my mind almost this entire game was not an analysis of our strategy, not an analysis of our play, it was, 'Do we get to play here again next week?' And we can't. That could have happened by a point or it could have happened the way it happened out there. That's all I've thought about. It's real.»

McCarthy has one more year left on his contract. He is 42-25 in four regular seasons, including three straight 12-win seasons and NFC East titles in 2021 and '23. But he has just one playoff victory, and Sunday's loss came with the Cowboys having the chance to play two playoff games at AT&T Stadium before a potential NFC Championship Game.

«I think the biggest thing is we're disappointed,» McCarthy said. «I got a whole team in the locker room that's hurting. I haven't thought past the outcome of this game.»

Jones said he does not have a meeting planned with McCarthy.

«What I had planned to do was be with him (Monday) going over how we played (Sunday) and getting ready for the coming week,» Jones said. «That's what was on the agenda. (Monday), my agenda will