A lot has changed for the Dallas Cowboys over the course of the last year and a half. For the first time in over a decade the franchise hired someone who wasn’t already working for the team in some capacity to be their head coach in Mike McCarthy. Going down this particular path is a deviation from the one that led the organization to Jason Garrett, oftentimes when teams switch head coaches they go with an opposite-like approach from their previous decision in hopes that they finally find success.
It is difficult to properly assess McCarthy’s first season with the Cowboys given that he lost his franchise quarterback, top tackles, other variations of tackles, top linebacker, and many other things along the way, on top of navigating the most unique season in NFL history amid the pandemic.