Ian Rapoport says Dallas Cowboys could make staff changes, says Mike McCarthy is 'safe'

The Dallas Cowboys’ 19-12 NFC Divisional Playoff loss to the San Fransisco 49ers had its fair share of mistakes and blunders for the Cowboys. With that comes the questions of what changes Dallas needs to make heading into next season, which almost always starts with the head coach. Some may think Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is in the hot seat following Sunday’s showing, but NFL insider Ian Rapoport disagrees.

“Mike McCarthy’s not in trouble, might there be some staff changes? Anything’s possible when things don’t go perfectly, I mean there’s I think 13 or so coordinator jobs open in the NFL right now,” Rapoport said. “That actually might just be offensive coordinators, there’s a lot, there’s a lot of coordinator movement this year.”

The Cowboys end the season with a top-10 scoring offense and defense, which has led to both their offensive and defensive coordinators Kellen Moore and Dan Quinn’s names circulating for head coaching jobs, which Rapoport believes is a lot more likely than McCarthy losing his job.

“Dan Quinn obviously could leave and get a head coaching job, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some sort of staff movement, I just don’t get the sense it will be like anything crazy crazy, like Mike McCarthy’s fine for instance,” Rapoport said.

Offseason coaching staff moves for the Cowboys may be inevitable, but Rapoport believes what they do from a roster standpoint is more interesting when looking at Dallas. Starting with quarterback Dak Prescott, who ended the game with 206 passing yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions on a 62.2% completion percentage.

“But the Dak question’s interesting because he obviously didn’t play great, the interceptions are a problem,” Rapoport said. “Obviously the 49ers’ defense is awesome, like literally the best, awesome, and they make everybody look bad.”

Rapoport highlighted two areas that Dallas needs to address this offseason in order to change their playoff misfortune next season, and it will definitely be interesting to see which ones the Cowboys address this offseason.

“But I’ve got two things, one, Dak knows it he’s gotta be better. And the interception thing wasn’t a fluke because we saw repeated ball non-security issues, like that needs to be a focus this coming year,” Rapoport said. “And they need another weapon, like Michael Gallup had I think no yards, they need help. He needs help, he needs running back help and he needs receiver help.”