McCarthy was the driving force pushing Amari Cooper out

[exciter]

The second receiver, if he's a threat, draws attention away from that No. 1 receiver, thus either making him more effective or becoming the target the QB looks for. The first season in McCarthy's scheme, defenses still respected Cooks enough to not just focus all of their attention on Lamb and when they did focus on Lamb, Ferguson was effective enough for us to still make a play. However, teams like Green Bay understood that Cooks wasn't good enough anymore to draw attention off Lamb. This year, neither Ferguson or Cooks was good enough so Lamb was the only real threat we had.

I disagree with you again. You get what you pay for. Cooper with Lamb would have been a much more effective 1-2 punch than what we've had without Cooper. If the idea is you can't pay this player that much or you can't play that player this much, then you've become Jerry Jones. We need more top players to supplement this roster, not to give away the ones that we have to replace them with lesser. You move on from players when you've got better options, a No. 3 receiver coming off an ACL tear was not a better option.

Well that’s the reality of today’s NFL.
They could have dropped 20m base on a WR and neglected the rest of the team. If I remember correctly that 20m that first season was used to pay for the franchise tag on the TE, resign Armstrong, Vander Esch, Kearse and sign Fowler.
In McCarthy’s final full season in Green Bay his 1st and 2nd option combined for around 2500 yards. CD and Ferguson as the 1st/2nd option combined for around 2500 yards. The packers did it with Jordy Nelson and an emerging Davantae Adams on a rookie contract. Remember what happened to Nelson when it became apparent it was time to move Adams to the #1!

 

[America's Cowboy]

I can't post the twitter link for some reason but bobby belt is going off on the 1053 the fan this morning. Talking about Dak and Mike's not liking each other and alike being paranoid about Dan Quinn. How Mike pushed amari out and it pissed off the locker room. Wild stuff.

But...but...but Troy Aikman said the problem is Jerry doesn't "empower" his head coach:

“I think Mike McCarthy is an outstanding football coach,” Aikman said. “He's proven that in this league. … But you also have to empower that head coach. And that's been what has been missing in Dallas since Jimmy Johnson walked out the door.”

There's no plan: Troy Aikman speaks hard truth about undesirable Cowboys head coach o https://fansided.com/there-s-no-pla...-about-undesirable-cowboys-head-coach-opening

According to the video up above by Bobby Belt, well, it sure sounds the opposite of McCarthy not being "empowered".

 

[garyo1954]

Yeah, but Big Mac would be a great fit if Booger could get him at his price for his length, and have a dumpt clause with no penalty.

Sure this all makes complete sense. Now that Booger can't hire him on his terms, Big Mac was a terrible coach.

Bah! Not buying any of it