{"id":186052,"date":"2023-01-14T00:57:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T00:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dak-prescott-scoffs-at-suggestion-cowboys-mike-mccarthy-is-coaching-for-his-job-in-the-playoffs-its-comical\/"},"modified":"2023-01-14T00:57:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T00:57:03","slug":"dak-prescott-scoffs-at-suggestion-cowboys-mike-mccarthy-is-coaching-for-his-job-in-the-playoffs-its-comical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dak-prescott-scoffs-at-suggestion-cowboys-mike-mccarthy-is-coaching-for-his-job-in-the-playoffs-its-comical\/","title":{"rendered":"Dak Prescott scoffs at suggestion Cowboys’ Mike McCarthy is coaching for his job in the playoffs: ‘It’s comical’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FRISCO, Texas \u2014 Dak Prescott started shaking his head before the question was complete.<\/p>\n

The Dallas Cowboys quarterback knew where this was going. And he wasn’t buying it.<\/p>\n

Mike McCarthy, coaching for his job in Monday night’s wild-card game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s comical, in a sense,\u201d Prescott said Friday afternoon. \u201cBack-to-back 12-win (seasons) in y’all tell me how long, and we’re talking about a guy’s job in jeopardy? That just shows you, when you play for this organization, what comes with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s why it’s important to create these walls around us. Create this safe place in our locker room. What matters is the men that go out there and get in between the lines and put the work in throughout the week for us to go out and win.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cowboys will attempt Monday in Tampa to achieve feats that have eluded the franchise. Dallas hasn’t won a road playoff game in 30 years, nor advanced to a conference championship game (much less a Super Bowl) in 27. Against Bucs quarterback Tom Brady, the Cowboys’ history continues to loom large: Brady has faced the Cowboys seven times in his career. He has won all loving.<\/p>\n

McCarthy, who won a Super Bowl as Green Bay Packers head coach, was hired by Dallas three years ago to change this.<\/p>\n

However, he has sought to downplay outside distractions this week, reminding the Cowboys both that they’re playing the entire Buccaneers team and that they are accountable for what they do in their tenure \u2014 not for the franchise ghosts of decades past.<\/p>\n

To further underscore how far removed the Cowboys are from the futility they’re being asked to answer for, McCarthy surveyed his team this week. How many players were even alive on Jan. 17, 1993 when the Cowboys beat the San Francisco 49ers for their last road postseason win? Eleven active players were. Ten baby submitted pictures for McCarthy’s presentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had the baby pictures of 10 players and the dates that they were born and obviously acknowledged that,\u201d McCarthy said. “And the reality of it is we have zero responsibility for what’s happened here in the past, all the way back even to the San Francisco game.<\/p>\n