McCarthy felt well enough to oversee his head coaching responsibilities Monday when not in conversation with medical professionals.
He will still direct the coaching staff on details ranging from how aggressively they want to orchestrate their game plan to which philosophies staff will activate in red-zone, short-yardage and four-minute scenarios. He will still address the team Thursday morning as players and coaches await kickoff in New Orleans. McCarthy has remained and will continue to remain engaged in meetings and game plan coordination throughout the week. NFL WEEK 12 WINNERS, LOSERS: Bill Belichick has Patriots rolling MORE: 32 things we learned from Week 12 of 2021 NFL season “The biggest change is having Dan down on the field and you know, just make sure he's getting the information he needs to make sound decisions.” We have the network up top, so that's something that won't change. (Special teams coordinator) John (Fassel) is also involved in some game management like most special teams coaches are. “(Offensive coordinator) Kellen (Moore) just needs to focus on the offense and calling the game and staying with that. “He has the head coaching experience of being on the field and has also called the defense and managed the game,” McCarthy said. Defensive coordinator Dan Quinn will move from the booth to the field and oversee in-game decision making. that head athletic trainer Jim Maurer called: McCarthy had tested positive for COVID-19. He is fully vaccinated, he has confirmed.Īlong with at least four assistant coaches, McCarthy will be unavailable to attend the Cowboys’ Thursday Night game at New Orleans. Sure, in retrospect, McCarthy realizes his throat was scratchy but it always is after a game, he said. local radio show and then turned preparing for a day of virtual meetings. Next he headed to his office, where he dialed into his 6:30 a.m. “Hey, we’re thinking negative today,” he joked with the testing staff. McCarthy arrived for his standard COVID-19 test at the facility around 5:30 Monday morning. Monday morning, as the 7-4 Cowboys looked to right the ship from a three-losses-in-four-weeks stretch, their head coach didn’t plan to. In 15 years as an NFL head coach, Mike McCarthy can’t remember missing a game or practice during the season.