In seemingly every NFL season, the expectations are extremely high for the Dallas Cowboys. Dubbed “America’s Team” in the late 1970s, the franchise has won five Super Bowls and established itself as a powerhouse in the league.
But they haven’t been back to The Big Game since 1996, and several playoff disappointments have made fans very impatient. After three straight 12-win seasons, more is expected in the postseason. Head coach Mike McCarthy understands that, but he came out to defend himself recently.
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Mike McCarthy focuses more on regular season wins
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith didn’t like that too much, appearing on First Take and criticizing McCarthy for his stanceWe keep talking about playoffs and things like that, but I don’t know when the hell it became easy to win 12 games in a season. So we really got to get back to winning week in and week out.”
In a sense, he is right. Winning in the NFL is not easy, especially for three-consecutive seasons. But whether McCarthy likes it or not, the standards are simply different for a franchise like the Cowboys..
