The Latest Breaking News from Mike McCarthy

This looks personal.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has had time away and processed a very difficult ending to the 2021 season, and now he has started the process of turning the page for 2022.

INDIANAPOLIS — A groundswell of speculation surrounding the future of Dallas Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper is on the brink of reality.

To say that Mike McCarthy didn’t know the circus he was joining when he accepted owner Jerry Jones’ offer to become coach of the Dallas Cowboys before the 2020 season is like saying that anyone who married a Kardashian didn’t know they would be living a life on reality television.

Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy responds to speculation that Sean Payton might come take his job:

INDIANAPOLIS — Quarterback Dak Prescott is one of eight Dallas Cowboys players who have undergone surgery since the end of the season, coach Mike McCarthy said at the NFL scouting combine on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters ahead of the NFL scouting combine, McCarthy addressed rumors that his job status in Dallas is not safe.

Prescott isn’t expected to miss any offseason workouts.

McCarthy: “At the end of the day, we both want the same thing and that is to win a world championship.”

Let me get this straight: Jerry Jones let everyone think Mike McCarthy might be a lame duck in order to keep other teams from rushing Dan Quinn, because if they knew how hard the Cowboys were working to keep their defensive coordinator, someone surely would have hired him. Quinn, that…

DALLAS — Jerry Jones wants to make it clear that Mike McCarthy’s job was never in question, that his public reluctance to declare the head coach would return was a strategic decision as he and McCarthy worked in concert behind the scenes to ensure Dan Quinn’s return as defensive coordinator.