McCarthy: Cowboys have a 'championship program'

The Cowboys' season ended in disappointment once again, but with his future secure, head coach Mike McCarthy is confident Dallas' Super Bowl drought will soon come to an end.

"We have established a championship program. It’s just not a world championship yet," he said, according to Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News.

He added: "I know how to win. We will get over that threshold. I have total confidence, and that's why I am standing here today."

Despite the Cowboys suffering a heavy first-round defeat to the seventh-seed Green Bay Packers, owner Jerry Jones announced Wednesday that McCarthy will return for 2024.

Jones said he believes McCarthy is the man to lead the Cowboys to their first title in 29 years and proclaimed the club is "very close and capable of achieving our ultimate goals."

“I am very confident in the direction. I like where we are as far as moving forward," McCarthy said.

The head coach added that he and Jones met for over three hours following the loss to Green Bay, McCarthy's former franchise.

"One team played to their standard and the other didn't," he said, according to Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk. "Unfortunately, we didn’t. So I'm very disappointed in our performance, just not playing to our standard."

McCarthy has produced three straight 12-5 campaigns after going 6-10 in his first season in Dallas but has only earned one postseason victory. The 60-year-old will reportedly enter 2024 with one year remaining on his contract.