The Cowboys might not have had much postseason success over the last 25+ seasons, but they are a proud franchise with sky high expectations. Every year they set out with the expectation of competing, and to players, fans and ownership, anything short of a Super Bowl constitutes a failure to some degree.

The Cowboys were obliterated at home for the third time this season, and the question must be asked if Mike McCarthy is capable of fixing it. | From @KDDrummondNFL

For all his outer confidence in McCarthy, this would not be the first time that Jones has dispensed with a head coach in the middle of the season. In 2010 Wade Phillips began with a 1-7 start and Jones promptly fired him, bringing in Jason Garrett as replacement.