Micah Parsons feels bad for Zack Martin, Cowboys veterans - ESPN

ARLINGTON, Texas — After Sunday's loss dropped the Dallas Cowboys to 3-6, pass rusher Micah Parsons was asked what he would tell people wondering whether Mike McCarthy would be the head coach in 2025.

«That's above my pay grade, if Mike's coach again next year,» Parsons said. «All coaching aside, Mike can leave and go where he wants to. Guys I kind of feel bad for is guys like Zack Martin and guys who might be on their last year, on their way out, because that's who I wanted to hold the trophy for.

»You want to win games and do great things with those type of legends who put in more time and work than Mike McCarthy ever did. So those are the kind of guys that I have so much sympathy and hurt for."

Martin, 33, is the longest-tenured Cowboy, a first-round pick in 2014 and a nine-time Pro Bowler. He is tied for the most first-team All-Pro selections in franchise history with seven with Hall of Famers Bob Lilly and Randy White.

He is in the final year of his contract and battled through ankle and shoulder injuries for most of the season.

McCarthy is in his 18th year as an NFL head coach, has 170 regular-season wins and a Super Bowl victory to his credit. He helped the Cowboys to three straight 12-5 seasons in 2021-23 but could not advance past the divisional round.

Like Martin, McCarthy is in the final year of his contract.

Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones reiterated a point after the 34-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles that he has made before: «I don't believe we'll make a coaching change during the season.»

The Cowboys are not out of the playoff hunt, but they likely will not have Dak Prescott for the rest of the season. He is traveling to New York on Monday to see a specialist about the partial avulsion of