Mike McCarthy’s solution to the Cowboys’ penalty problem is all wrong

Photo by Josh Lefkowitz/Getty ImagesMike McCarthy isn’t used to this many penalties. From 2010 to 2018, during which time McCarthy compiled a record of 87-51-2 and won a Super Bowl, the Packers were the sixth-least penalized team in the NFL. In two seasons with the Cowboys, McCarthy’s team is the second-most penalized, behind only the Chiefs.

Are the players in Dallas really just that sloppy, or is there something about the high profile of America’s Team that plays into it? Tin foil hats or not, the end result is that the penalty flags are being thrown a lot and McCarthy is understandably sick of it. He railed on the team’s discipline issues most of last year and has emphasized that point…