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After a disappointing season, the Dallas Cowboys announced the dismissal of their head coach, Mike McCarthy. After three seasons and only one playoff win, McCarthy leaves the Lone Star team. After a bad season for the Dallas Cowboys, the Lone Star team is already starting to plan for the next competition, where several elements will continue, new ones will be sought and others will not be part of the franchise’s plans. Such is the case of head coach Mike McCarthy, with whom Dallas had lasted five seasons, but last Wednesday, McCarthy’s contract ended, although the Cowboys had the option to negotiate the renewal of his contract, the team preferred not to continue with his services. McCarthy fell short of expectations Mike achieved a 49-35 streak in his five seasons, but only managed to lead the Cowboys to three playoffs, losing twice against San Francisco 49ers in 2021 and against Green Bay Packers in 2023, having only one victory in this instance. In addition, the bad season of 7-10 that Dallas ended up sentencing his place in the team. The clear objective was for McCarthy to replicate what he did with the Packers in 2010, to take the team to a Super Bowl, but the coach fell far short of that goal. The near future of the Cowboys and McCarthy Now, Jerry Jones, owner of the Cowboys, will have to look for McCarthy’s replacement, who will be the fifth head coach to pass through the team in the Jones era, where he will have to make a very good choice, as the Cowboys are one season away from being 20 years since their last Super Bowl, and the level of the team has been below what was expected for this historic franchise in recent years. Jones’ top candidate would be former Cowboys cornerback and current football coach and sportscaster Deion Sanders. While McCarthy will remain as a free agent, according to ESPN, he looks like a great candidate to lead the Chicago Bears or the New Orleans Saints.

The Rams gave a perfect game and eliminated the Vikings to get the last place in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, games that already have date and time. The Wild Card Round of the NFL playoffs is over and now, we already know the matchups and schedules for the Divisional Round, where the Los Angeles Rams surprised more than one and eliminated the Minnesota Vikings by a score of 27-9 to be the last qualifiers. The Rams to the next round The Rams showed their best version of their game against one of the favorites to reach the National Championship game, the Vikings, who could not respond to the solid work that the Los Angeles Rams did on defense and offense, allowing only a field goal and a touchdown in the last minutes to the Minnesota team. For their part, the Rams did almost everything right, with each advance, whether by land or air, it felt like it could end in points for their scoreboard, where the defense also stopped the Vikings quarterback on more than one occasion. Divisional Round games and schedules The actions will begin next Saturday, January 18, where we will have the return of the No. 1 seeds of the AFC and NFC to the gridiron. First, at 3:30 p.m., Mexico Central Time, the Kansas City Chiefs begin their title defense and their quest for the three-time championship directly against the Houston Texans, who defeated the Chargers and finished as the fourth team in the American Conference. Closing Saturday’s actions, the Detroit Lions will face the Washington Commanders, at 7:00 p.m.; the best of the National Conference will receive the sixth of the season in the NFC, in a game that looks like the Lions will advance to the championship game of their conference. Moving on to Sunday, January 18, action will begin at 2:00 p.m. CST when the Philadelphia Eagles host the Rams. The second best team will face the fourth-ranked team in the NFC. Finally, in a matchup that could be between two of the best in the regular season, the Buffalo Bills will host the Baltimore Ravens, the second versus the third place team. The game will be the same Sunday, at 5:30 p.m. and will define the last finalist of the American Conference.

Three more teams are already in the Divisional Round, Bills crushed the Broncos, Eagles beat the Packers and Commanders with a last second field goal beat the Buccaneers. We already know almost all of the Divisional Round invitees, as yesterday on Sunday Football, Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders won their respective wild card matchups. The Bills crushed the Broncos In the first game, one of the best teams of the regular season, the Bills, showed why they were the second best team in the AFC and easily defeated the Denver Broncos by a score of 31-7. With only one touchdown scored at the beginning of the game, the Bills showed why they are candidates for the Super Bowl, as they have a solid defense and a powerful offense, led by Josh Allen, who stood out in his team’s victory. Eagles shut out the Packers In the NFC, the Eagles, like the Bills, showed why they were among the best in the National Conference and defeated the Green Bay Packers 22-10. The Philadelphia Eagles held their rivals scoreless during the first two quarters of the game and took advantage of a touchdown and a field goal to take the lead. Although the Packers responded with a touchdown and a field goal, the Eagles continued to take advantage thanks to one more touchdown, but with the missed extra point, and two field goals. Commanders won an agonizing victory over Bucs Undoubtedly, the game that did not let anyone leave their seats was the last-second victory of the Commanders against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with a score of 23-20, there was no shortage of emotions. The Bucs took the lead with a field goal, Commanders came back thanks to a touchdown and a field goal, but Buccaneers tied the game and later took the lead with another touchdown. At the end of the last episode, thanks to a touchdown by the Commanders and a field goal by Tampa Bay, things were 20-20, so that in a last attack by the Commanders, they had a 37-yard field goal, which made more than one heart stop, because before crossing the three goal posts, the ball hit the left side, leaving for a few seconds the uncertainty of whether the field goal was valid, but, finally, the three points were scored and the Commanders won with a goal in zeroes.

Almost everything is ready for the NFL Divisional Round, with seven teams already confirmed, the only thing missing is to know the last guest to this second stage of the playoffs, which will come out of the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings. This clash is scheduled for today at 7:00 p.m., where although the Rams are the visitors, both teams will be playing away from home, since due to the fires that have ravaged the California region, the game was moved from SoFi Stadium to State Farm Stadium in Arizona. In the historical section, of their last 10 head-to-head meetings, the Vikings have won 7 times, over 3 wins for the Rams, although those three victories, have been in the last three meetings they have had, so Minnesota has not been able to beat the Angelenos since 2017. You may be interested in: Texans and Ravens clinched their pass to Divisional Round Cover image: X (@RamsNFL)