Jerry Jones addresses Mike McCarthy entering final season of contract

The Dallas Cowboys are going “all-in” in 2024, which just so happens to be the final year on head coach Mike McCarthy‘s contract. After losing in the first round of the playoffs against the Packers, the idea of an early extension for McCarthy seems to have gone out the window, but Jerry Jones and his front office are still committed to the skipper – at least for one more go.

On Tuesday at the Senior Bowl, team owner Jerry Jones told reporters that he was “very comfortable” with his decision to stick with his head coach for 2024. The Cowboys have gone 12-5 in each of the last three regular seasons but fizzled in the postseason.

“I thought we made a pretty good move four years ago when we hired Mike McCarthy,” Jones said. “And he’s had some great in-season success. Now he’s come up short three times on advancing us in the playoff. Okay, but I liked the fact that he’s hanging around and around. And I like what the team has done to hang around the rim.

“So I think what the answer that I would have is that I’m aware that we’re hanging around, we’re not getting the ball in, but we’ve been hanging around the rim. Let’s don’t discount hanging around the rim.”

Since the end of the season for Dallas nearly three weeks ago, the team hasn’t announced even minor staff changes under McCarthy. Those could still be coming, but Jones is confident that he’s made the right move by not overhauling things this offseason.

“We need to benefit from what he’s done well, and we’re better off riding with it than we would be by changing or obviously, I would have changed,” Jones said.

Cowboys DC Dan Quinn’s head coaching options down to one

One major change could still be coming down the pipe in the coming days. The Washington Commanders head coaching job is still open and defensive coordinator Dan Quinn went to D.C. for a second interview to start the week.

Despite how the Cowboys defense played in the loss to the Packers, Jones would like to see Quinn return to Dallas for another season. Especially over him taking a job with a divisional rival like former coordinator Kellen Moore did last week.

“I don’t know. I don’t know right today,” Jones said of whether Quinn will be with the Cowboys in 2024. “Would like to have him back, but the point is let’s just see where that goes.”

Quinn was also a candidate for the Seattle Seahawks gig, however, they announced the hiring of former Ravens coordinator Mike Macdonald on Wednesday.