Analysis: Only Bill Belichick can keep the Cowboys from missing the playoffs after yet another Dallas loss.

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To save his team, Jerry Jones should now look to another legendary coach.

The rumors surrounding Bill Belichick have intensified. Even though Mike McCarthy hasn’t been fired, he is already the clear favorite to become Dallas’ next coach.

That may not be far off after a lackluster showing against Green Bay on Sunday.

In a wild-card game against Green Bay, Dak Prescott, Micah Parsons, and the other NFC East champs did not show up. Since the NFL switched to a 14-team playoff structure in 2020, the Cowboys became the first No. 2 seed to lose to a No. 7 seed.

In a game they led 27-0 and 48-16, Jordan Love and the Packers dominated Dallas 48-32, destroying Dan Quinn’s defense in the process.

The Cowboys’ 16-game winning streak came to an end as they lost at home for the first time since the 2022 season opener.

After his team’s most recent playoff defeat, Jones must be losing his patience. The 81-year-old owner, who was watching from his apartment, was shocked and incensed. This fall, he observed, “seems like the most painful” playoff loss he has ever experienced.

The score did not accurately reflect the quality of the performance. The Cowboys were uninspired, lacked enthusiasm, and had no strategy to counter Green Bay.

Excited during the Fox halftime show, Johnson is the Hall of Fame coach who guided Dallas to two Super Bowl championships in the mid-1990s and was just enshrined into the team’s ring of honor.

Johnson glared into the camera, saying, “You get your rear end in there and you play the way you know how to play.”

The ‘Boys didn’t receive his message.