The 2024 Dallas Cowboys have been one of many NFL’s most disappointing groups, coming into Monday night time’s sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals with a 5-7 file that has them in third place within the NFC East and just about out of the NFC playoff race barring an unbelievable stretch run.
Regardless of that, one of many group’s greatest stars needs to see the group run it again subsequent season with largely the identical group.
Together with head coach Mike McCarthy.
Parsons made that very clear in an interview with ESPN forward of Monday’s sport, arguing that the accidents the group handled this season — particularly on the defensive facet of the ball — made it virtually not possible for the group to compete.
Parsons himself missed a number of weeks.
Right here is a part of Parsons’ feedback via ESPN.
“I believe I would love a good shot with everybody again — gamers, coaches — as a result of the accidents sort of struck of what this season might actually be,” Parsons stated in an interview with ESPN that can air earlier than the Cowboys’ Monday Evening Soccer matchup in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals. “The accidents have been horrible. And, you recognize, it actually sucks. Seeing Zack [Martin], D-Regulation [DeMarcus Lawrence] not having the yr I do know he deliberate to have. He had such a fantastic begin. It actually sucks.
Parsons additionally spoke extremely of McCarthy and his relationship with the top coach.
“When it comes to teaching, man, Coach Mike, me and his relationship has at all times been actually good. He at all times took actual excellent care of me. I simply do not know the way the how the enterprise facet of it should go, you recognize? [Owner and general manager Jerry Jones] has his personal mindset about who he needs to educate. That is his group. I am sort of simply, like, a pawn on this enterprise.”
Together with the accidents on protection, the Cowboys are additionally with out beginning quarterback Dak Prescott, who’s going to be sidelined for the rest of the season.
Cooper Rush is the group’s present starter for the remainder of the season.
Parsons is likely to be appropriate that the accidents have performed a unfavorable position within the group’s efficiency, nevertheless it was additionally a group that entered the season with some critical query marks after a surprisingly quiet offseason by possession and the entrance workplace.
That is McCarthy’s fifth yr because the Cowboys head coach, and earlier than this season had three consecutive 12-win seasons. For a standard group, it is likely to be an overreaction to fireplace a coach with that type of current monitor file because of only one unhealthy yr the place a number of of the group’s greatest gamers missed important time because of damage.
However the Cowboys aren’t a traditional group, and given the way in which final yr’s postseason ended (with a blowout loss at residence within the Wild Card spherical) and the variety of instances they’ve been dominated at residence this season, McCarthy may very effectively be on the new seat.
If Dallas can end sturdy and get nearer to .500 (or above), given the accidents, it is likely to be sufficient to deliver McCarthy again. If they don’t end sturdy, it’s exhausting to know what Jerry Jones may do in the event that they end with six or seven wins.
