“Shocking Silence! Coach Mike McCarthy Drops Bombshell About Potential Green Bay Reunion in Playoffs with Cowboys – You Won’t Believe What He Said!”
Dallas coach Mike McCarthy thought he talked too much about his return to Green Bay last season when the Cowboys lost to the Packers.
With the stakes much higher for another reunion in a wild-card game at the home of the Cowboys on Sunday, McCarthy can use the benefit of hindsight.
“I regretted it,” said McCarthy, who coached up north for 12-plus seasons and won a Super Bowl on Dallas’ home field to cap the 2010 season. “That doesn’t even need to come into our energy base. I answered the questions honestly in here last year about my experience up there. It just will not help us win. So if it doesn’t help us win a game, I’m not interested in it. I apologize.”
McCarthy didn’t completely shut down the questions, but was less-than-enthusiastic with the answers.
To his point, the Cowboys (12-5) are holding their highest seed at No. 2 in the NFC out of their fourth-year coach’s three consecutive trips to the playoffs. Dallas is a 7 1/2-point favorite over Green Bay (9-8), according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
The franchise hasn’t even reached an NFC championship game since the most recent of five Super Bowl titles to cap the 1995 season.
McCarthy went that far three other times, in addition to his title-winning season, with the Packers.
“I think the biggest thing is playoff time and we talked about it at the team meeting (Monday), this is a time for all of us to be selfish,” McCarthy said. “Because we’ve put so much into this season, getting