INDIANAPOLIS – In jest, Mike McCarthy painted a picture of his new reality.
“I wake up at 3 in the morning every night, thinking about plays,” the Dallas Cowboys head coach joked Wednesday over lunch at the NFL scouting combine. “Most people sing in the shower. I’m calling the final drive of the Super Bowl again. Driving in my car, I’m thinking of plays.”
Laughter ensued at the not-that-crazy-for-football-world vision.
But the reality of McCarthy’s return to play-calling for the first time in his four Dallas seasons is far less glamorous.