Jimmy Johnson Announces Bold Prediction On Cowboys Firing McCarthy

While his future with the team hangs in the balance, there's no denying that McCarthy - in his final contractual year - has his squad has playing harder and better in recent weeks.

Meanwhile, the reality is that the Eagles will be looking to clinch the NFC East at Lincoln Financial Field while the best the Cowboys can do is take pride in playing spoiler.

Cowboys fans hope the bar hasn't been lowered around here, though CowboysCountry.com's Richie Whitt suggests that is the case.

On Friday, McCarthy repeated what he told his team going into the final two games of the season. By contrast, it's quite the demise from the Cowboys' highest of hopes just four seasons ago.

"McCarthy in July 2021, beginning of training camp ...

"Charlie (Bleep)-Around? He doesn't work here. High School Harry? Get his (bleep) out the (bleeping) door. This is about winning a world championship. Nothing else. Winning season? Not good enough. Playoffs? Not good enough. Getting to the conference championship game? Not good enough. This is about winning the Super Bowl. Period."

McCarthy in December 2024, with two meaningless games remaining:

"Cut it loose. We're going in there to win. This is what you live for. This is what you work for. It's a division game. It's a hostile environment. I just want these guys to play with a ton of confidence and don't look back."

That is quite a come-down and as it relates to the Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson, it causes us to raise two questions:

One - Why don't we just wait to let these last two weeks play out? (That, by the way, is what sources tell us the Joneses are indeed doing.)

And two - If Jimmy was not just a talking head but the actual GM of a team in this circumstances ... would he really re-up Mike McCarthy today?