Garrett Podell

I mean, that's probably definitely the most damning one because talking to the guys after the game, Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, they almost kind of sounded like it was a deer in the headlights thing in that they were the number two seed, won the NFC East, and I think they just got a little too over their skis mentally.

So I think that last one, I think, is the one you can bang McCarthy the most for, but

Yeah, I think, by and large, he had gotten consistent regular season production out of Dallas that hadn't really been seen, yeah, since the 90s.

But, yeah, that last 2023 playoff loss, pretty inexcusable.

Then his last year in Dallas after that, he honestly, there should have been a divorce after that game because Jerry Jones spent the fewest amount of money in free agency the following offseason, and then it was just weird vibes all year.

Dak got hurt midseason in 2024, and it all kind of crumbled.

I think that's undeniable.

I mean, I love him as a media member.

He'll talk to us after every home game in the hallway during the head coach's press conference.

And so, you know, head coaches, they like there being one voice, right?

Being the culture center and that being him.

Jerry kind of...

overrules pretty much anything that the coach says because his voice is the loudest.

He's the owner.

He's also the general manager.

And so not having that untraditional general manager situation, you know, leads to what we saw with Micah Parsons, where Jerry kind of skirted around negotiating with David Mulligetta in those negotiations and sat Parsons down.

And once

Jones felt, okay, there's a handshake agreement here.

Micah said, hey, I want to go back and talk to Mulugeta.

Let's look over the fine print here, make sure everything's all good.