FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones and head coach Mike McCarthy have discussions about the future — just not necessarily about McCarthy’s future with the organization.
“It’s implied every conversation we have about a position, about a player,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Tuesday. “Most of the time when you’re discussing a situation on this football team, you’re talking about the future. Now the future might be the next game, or it could be next month but it’s always not so much dwelling on what happened last Sunday or what happened two weeks ago, not so much there. That’s a reference point and that’s what you’ve got to make a decision on. But all that counts is the next minute and going forward from there without being any way. The future is where our decision-making is.”
The Cowboys have been eliminated from playoff contention but have won four of their last five games to improve to 7-8 despite missing several key players, such as quarterback Dak Prescott , Zack Martin , DeMarcus Lawrence and Trevon Diggs …