Mike McCarthy confesses that he lied to Jerry Jones for a job with Dallas Cowboys

Mike McCarthy was recently introduced as new head coach of Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday. At press conference, McCarthy opened up about how excited he was with opportunity. McCarthy was away from NFL last season. He led Packers for 13 seasons from 2006. He also won a Super Bowl during his tenure before he finished with a 125-77 record. However, after leaving team, he used time off from league to study its trends with a team of fellow ex-NFL coaches. He worked on developing a new perspective on game in order to be up and ready when presented with next opportunity.

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Mike McCarthy confesses fibbing for a job with Dallas Cowboys

Apparently, Jerry Jones was impressed by McCarthy's pitch. Jones brought him on board to take over one of most scrutinized coaching positions in NFL. w that he’s hired, McCarthy decided to begin his Dallas Cowboys tenure with a confession. As McCarthy revealed in his introductory press conference, he gave Jerry Jones a hard sell during interview. McCarthy admitted to have stretched truth.

He confessed that he told Jerry Jones that he has watched and analysed every single play of Dallas Cowboys' 2019 season which isn't true. He added that he wanted job and suggested that he did what he had to do. While speaking to media on his new opportunity with Cowboys, Mike McCarthy also went on to refer to team as most iconic franchise in all of professional sports. It clearly didn't sit well with Packers.

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Before Mike McCarthy was hired by team, Jason Garrett was head coach for Dallas Cowboys. He had led team since 2010. It is learnt that Jones had even told Jason Garrett when he planned to interview Mike McCarthy for position following 2019 season. Interestingly, Garrett was all praise for Mike and called him a class act.

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