Mike McCarthy embarrassed by tablet meltdown with Cowboys’ season spiraling

Mike McCarthy regrets his tablet-smashing meltdown connected nan Cowboys’ sideline connected Sunday. 

Fox cameras captured nan Dallas caput coach destroying nan instrumentality aft a grounded 4th down successful nan 2nd 4th of a frustrating 27-21 nonaccomplishment to nan Falcons successful Atlanta.

“I’m embarrassed by it,” McCarthy said of nan incident connected Wednesday. “It’s thing that astatine my age, intelligibly location is nary excuse for. That’s not what I represent. I’m embarrassed arsenic nan leader of this team. … That was decidedly a infinitesimal that I wish I had back.”

McCarthy mislaid his temper aft nan Dallas discourtesy blew a fourth-and-1 erstwhile wide receiver CeeDee Lamb was brought down for a three-yard nonaccomplishment connected an end-around.

Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy smashed a tablet aft a grounded 4th down successful nan 2nd 4th of a 27-21 nonaccomplishment to nan Falcons astatine Merecedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta connected Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. X/Fox Sports

Dallas would past let Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins to find wideout Darnell Mooney for a wide-open 36-yard touchdown connected a fourth-and-3.

The nonaccomplishment dropped nan Cowboys to 3-5 connected nan season, putting nan squad 3.5 games backmost of nan Commanders successful nan NFC East. 

“We person 5 losses and truthful we intelligibly understand wherever that puts america arsenic acold arsenic what it will take,” McCarthy said aft nan game. “We’ve sewage to get to winning.”

Head coach Mike McCarthy of nan Dallas Cowboys looks connected during nan first 4th against nan Atlanta Falcons astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium connected November 03, 2024 successful Atlanta, Georgia. Getty Images

The Cowboys suffered an moreover bigger rustle pinch nan nonaccomplishment of backmost Dak Prescott, who near nan crippled pinch a hamstring injury. 

Prescott is expected to “miss aggregate weeks,” according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, and is being considered for an wounded reserve stint, which would support him retired for astatine slightest 4 games. 

McCarthy, who was rumored to beryllium connected nan basking spot past offseason, is successful nan last play of a five-year woody signed earlier nan 2020 season. Dallas proprietor Jerry Jones did springiness McCarthy a ballot of confidence aft nan nonaccomplishment to Atlanta. 

The Cowboys big nan 6-2 Eagles connected Nov. 10 during Week 10