Is Mike McCarthy leading Cowboys to mediocrity?

The Dallas Cowboys scheduled eight necessary minicamp practices starting Tuesday, however head coach Mike McCarthy canceled the second day of minicamp for crew bonding at Topgolf. 

And contemplating the looming season is one the place “America’s Team” wants to make an enormous turnaround, Colin Cowherd was crucial of McCarthy’s determination to finish minicamp early, and likewise posited that Dallas’s third-year head coach is “attempting too exhausting.”

Mike McCarthy cancels Cowboys apply for crew bonding at Topgolf

The Dallas Cowboys scheduled eight of a attainable 9 necessary minicamp practices. However, Head Coach Mike McCarthy determined to cancel the second day of minicamp for crew bonding at an area Topgolf. Colin Cowherd took difficulty with the choice.

“He’s at all times sort of attempting a bit of too exhausting, and I do not assume you possibly can ever idiot gamers,” Cowherd stated. 

Cowherd singled out a couple of cases the place McCarthy went, in his opinion, above and past. He recalled McCarthy smashing a watermelon to show some extent earlier than a sport in opposition to the Minnesota Vikings and having self-proclaimed “spontaneity mojo moments” throughout practices. 

“If [the Cowboys] play the Rams tomorrow, of all these bins you examine, do you assume they might win the teaching matchup?'” Cowherd stated. “No. You would assume you haven’t any shot there. You’d be praying that he would not screw it up.”

Dallas has a aggressive begin to their season, with 5 of its first 10 opponents being playoff groups from the 2021 season. Cowherd believes Dallas will likely be sitting round .500 by its Thanksgiving matchup in opposition to the New York Giants. 

“They begin with [Tom] Brady and Joe Burrow. Good information, they’re going to get them at dwelling,” Cowherd stated. “Then they go to the Rams, to playoff Philadelphia, to Green Bay, and Minnesota. So by about Thanksgiving, you’ll have a solution for the Cowboys.” 

Dallas’ schedule lightens up round Thanksgiving, with 5 of its final seven video games coming in opposition to non-playoff groups. 

Cowherd believes, nevertheless, that Dallas may have already misplaced its momentum by that juncture of the season after struggling by way of its early-season gauntlet of a schedule.

“Jerry has at all times been a yr or extra affected person along with his coaches. He was very affected person with Jason Garrett,” Cowherd stated.

Cowherd predicts that Dallas will lose to each Brady and Burrow, the Rams, Philadelphia, Green Bay and Minnesota. 

That defined, a tough yr could possibly be on the horizon for McCarthy and the Cowboys — however will that be a right away menace to McCarthy’s job?