{"id":17527,"date":"2025-01-07T09:13:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T09:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17527"},"modified":"2025-01-07T09:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T09:13:38","slug":"breaking-nfl-team-suddenly-asked-to-interview-mike-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17527","title":{"rendered":"Breaking : NFL team suddenly asked to interview Mike McCarthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"Article-headline\">Bears coaching search rumors: Chicago requests permission to interview Mike McCarthy, awaits Cowboys response<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"Article-subline\">McCarthy&#8217;s contract with Dallas doesn&#8217;t expire until next week<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ArticleAuthor\">\n<div class=\"ArticleAuthor-headshot\">\n<div class=\"HeadshotContainer \">\n<div class=\"Headshot Headshot--medium\">\n<div class=\"Article-featuredImage\">\n<figure class=\" img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg \" src=\"https:\/\/sportshub.cbsistatic.com\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/06\/bd8410f2-1f80-40d6-8c83-38bcfcd45d4c\/thumbnail\/770x433\/5e975f3f4c42bc3e08b7c80305054208\/mike-mccarthy.jpg\" alt=\"mike-mccarthy.jpg\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/sportshub.cbsistatic.com\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/06\/bd8410f2-1f80-40d6-8c83-38bcfcd45d4c\/thumbnail\/770x433\/5e975f3f4c42bc3e08b7c80305054208\/mike-mccarthy.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"MediaShortcode-credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Article-bodyContent\">\n<p>The\u00a0Chicago Bears\u00a0are off and running in their\u00a0<span class=\"link\">search for a new head coach<\/span>, and another candidate has entered the mix. The Bears sought permission to interview\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0head coach Mike McCarthy and are awaiting Dallas&#8217; response to the request,\u00a0according to ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy, who has spent the last five seasons in Dallas, is technically still under contract with the Cowboys through Jan. 14, which is why the Bears still have to request their permission to interview him. Neither the Cowboys nor McCarthy have apparently made a decision on whether or not he will return on a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to McCarthy, the\u00a0<span class=\"link\">Bears have already requested interviews<\/span>\u00a0with\u00a0Arizona Cardinals\u00a0offensive coordinator Drew Petzing,\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0offensive coordinator\u00a0Ben Johnson, Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn and\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver. They appear ready to conduct a fairly wide-ranging search for the coach to lead the next part of the\u00a0Caleb Williams\u00a0era.<\/p>\n<p>As for Dallas, the delay in deciding McCarthy&#8217;s future is nothing new. This is exactly what the Cowboys did the last time their head coach had his contract expire. They let Jason Garrett twist in the wind for a couple weeks before simply not renewing his deal. They then conducted only two interviews for the open position: one with Marvin Lewis and one with McCarthy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body-ad-0\" class=\"native-story-ad\">\n<div id=\"native_story_flex_top\" class=\"ad-native-story-flex-top \" data-ad=\"native-story-flex-top\" data-ad-unit=\"native_story_flex_top\" data-google-query-id=\"CMzchteg44oDFfHIFgUdmhYPPw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/8264\/aw-cbssports\/nfl\/media\/stories_1__container__\">\n<div id=\"inArticle_1\" class=\"st-placement inArticle_1 inArticle\">\n<div class=\"st-adunit st-adunit-tagged st-reset st-show\">\n<div class=\"st-adunit-ad st-reset\">\n<div class=\"st-display-render st-reset open 728x90\">\n<div class=\"st-canvas st-reset horizontal-static\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jerry Jones and Co. do not do things the way most of the rest of the league does, and they like the attention and speculation that comes with these types of situations. It frankly wouldn&#8217;t be surprising if they simply didn&#8217;t respond to Chicago&#8217;s request and tried to run out the clock on the Bears&#8217; coaching search so they could keep McCarthy as an option, before deciding on their ultimate path.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bears coaching search rumors: Chicago requests permission to interview Mike McCarthy, awaits Cowboys response McCarthy&#8217;s contract with Dallas doesn&#8217;t expire until next week Getty Images The\u00a0Chicago Bears\u00a0are&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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