Jerry Jones not planning to fire Mike McCarthy

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, also the general manager in Dallas, claims he “hasn’t even considered” firing head coach Mike McCarthy.”I’m not considering that. Just so you’re clear, I’m not considering that,” Jones said Sunday night after the Cowboys were embarrassed by the Detroit Lions in a 47-9 defeat that ranks as the worst home loss since Jones purchased the team.At 3-3 entering the bye week, the Cowboys are winless at home and 3-0 on the road to sit in third place in the NFC East behind the Washington Commanders (4-2) and Philadelphia Eagles (3-2). Ten NFC teams have three or more wins but Dallas has allowed 168 points for a score differential of minus-42. In the conference, that’s 15th out of 16 teams and better than only the 1-5 Carolina Panthers (203 points allowed).”Well, we’re disappointed that we’re 3-3,” Jones said. “The three-loss side of it, I don’t necessarily totally blame on McCarthy. The players will tell you they had something to do with it, too. His other parts of the staff will tell you. And the owner sure will tell you he had something to do with it, so it’s not all on him.”The Cowboys played the Lions without key defensive personnel, including All-Pro Micah Parsons (ankle), 2023 Pro Bowl cornerback DaRon Bland (foot), and veteran defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence. Lawrence was leading the team with 3.0 sacks when he suffered a foot injury two weeks ago and landed on injured reserve.Quarterback Dak Prescott said players are strongly in McCarthy’s corner. He’s in the final year of his contract after three consecutive 12-5 seasons.