{"id":19856,"date":"2025-01-17T03:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T03:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856"},"modified":"2025-01-17T03:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T03:08:37","slug":"dak-prescott-bummed-by-mike-mccarthys-cowboys-exit-we-built-some-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856","title":{"rendered":"Dak Prescott ‘Bummed’ by Mike McCarthy’s Cowboys Exit: ‘We Built Some Things’.."},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\"ARLINGTON,<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Sam Hodde\/Getty Images<\/span><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Dak Prescott played for Mike McCarthy for five seasons and helped the Dallas Cowboys reach the playoffs three times alongside the head coach, but the quarterback was left wanting more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

“Bummed, because we built some things,” he told\u00a0Clarence Hill\u00a0of ALL DLLS (h\/t\u00a0Charean Williams\u00a0of NBC Sports) after the Cowboys\u00a0announced\u00a0they parted ways with McCarthy. “But I guess they couldn’t reach an agreement.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Dallas’ success under McCarthy largely coincided with Prescott’s health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

The team went 6-10 in 2020 during the coach’s first year in large part because the quarterback was limited to just five games. However, he remained healthy for much of the next three campaigns as the Cowboys went 12-5 in each year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Yet Prescott played just eight games in 2024 as the NFC East club dealt with inconsistency on the way to a 7-10 record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Dallas failed to advance past the NFC Divisional Round during McCarthy’s tenure and went 1-3 in playoff games. Had it found more success in those contests, he would likely still be the team’s head coach as it focuses on upcoming offseason moves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Instead, he is being\u00a0connected\u00a0to the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints after his exit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

The question now is who will take over as the head coach in Dallas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders told ESPN’s\u00a0Adam Schefter\u00a0he spoke with team owner Jerry Jones and called the potential opportunity “intriguing” even though he reiterated he is the coach of the Buffaloes and loves his current position.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Whether it is Sanders or someone else, keeping Prescott healthy will be key if the Cowboys are going to live up to expectations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sam Hodde\/Getty Images Dak Prescott played for Mike McCarthy for five seasons and helped the Dallas Cowboys reach the playoffs three times alongside the head coach, but… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nDak Prescott 'Bummed' by Mike McCarthy's Cowboys Exit: 'We Built Some Things'.. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dak Prescott 'Bummed' by Mike McCarthy's Cowboys Exit: 'We Built Some Things'.. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sam Hodde\/Getty Images Dak Prescott played for Mike McCarthy for five seasons and helped the Dallas Cowboys reach the playoffs three times alongside the head coach, but...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-17T03:08:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-17T03:08:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-75.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"731\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856\",\"name\":\"Dak Prescott 'Bummed' by Mike McCarthy's Cowboys Exit: 'We Built Some Things'.. - 24\/7 News America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-75.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-17T03:08:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-17T03:08:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-75.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-75.jpg\",\"width\":731,\"height\":402},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dak Prescott ‘Bummed’ by Mike McCarthy’s Cowboys Exit: ‘We Built Some Things’..\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"24\/7 News America\",\"description\":\"Breaking Stories, Real Insights"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dak Prescott 'Bummed' by Mike McCarthy's Cowboys Exit: 'We Built Some Things'.. - 24\/7 News America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dak Prescott 'Bummed' by Mike McCarthy's Cowboys Exit: 'We Built Some Things'.. - 24\/7 News America","og_description":"Sam Hodde\/Getty Images Dak Prescott played for Mike McCarthy for five seasons and helped the Dallas Cowboys reach the playoffs three times alongside the head coach, but...","og_url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856","og_site_name":"24\/7 News America","article_published_time":"2025-01-17T03:08:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-17T03:08:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":731,"height":402,"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-75.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856","name":"Dak Prescott 'Bummed' by Mike McCarthy's Cowboys Exit: 'We Built Some Things'.. - 24\/7 News America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-75.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-17T03:08:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-17T03:08:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-75.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-75.jpg","width":731,"height":402},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19856#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dak Prescott ‘Bummed’ by Mike McCarthy’s Cowboys Exit: ‘We Built Some Things’.."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/","name":"24\/7 News America","description":"Breaking Stories, Real Insights"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19870,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19856\/revisions\/19870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}