Mark Schlereth on Mike McCarthy's future in Dallas, Cowboys run game

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Audacy NFL insider Mark Schlereth joined the GBag Nation in the wake of the Cowboys' loss to Cincinnati to talk about Mike McCarthy's future with the team, why Dallas didn't run the ball more in the MNF loss and more.

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00:00Are you surprised Mike McCarthy didn't run the ball more last night?

00:19Well, I mean, no, I'm not surprised by anything.

00:23I mean, they have not, I mean, they have not run the ball well, and they've run it better

00:29here recently.

00:30I think, you know, there's always that aspect of, I'd like to run the ball, I'd like to

00:36run it efficiently, I'd like to keep Joe Burrow off the football field, I'd like to keep Jamar

00:40Chase off the football field.

00:42I, like, I understand all that.

00:44Your best weapon, your best usage of that weapon is obviously CeeDee Lamb.

00:50And so, you know, there's a fine balance that you, I think you orchestrate.

00:55But there's a bottom line for me with the Dallas Cowboys, and I said this on my morning

01:00show, the breakfast ball on FS1.

01:04I would retain Mike McCarthy.

01:05I think Mark McCarthy's a good coach.

01:07I don't think Mike McCarthy's the issue.

01:09Like, the issue is talent.

01:12The issue is a lack of talent.

01:14And you know, you can sit there and say, well, Mike McCarthy didn't do a good job.

01:17I'm sorry.

01:18Like, your owner, your GM didn't do a good job.

01:21Like, there is a lack of talent.

01:23And listen, on the defensive side of the ball, Michael Parsons is an incredible player.

01:28But if I only have to deal with one guy as an offensive player, if I have to figure out

01:32how to scheme one guy out of a game plan, that's easy.

01:36When you have multiple guys, that's when it becomes a problem.

01:39And so, for me, I look at Dallas, and I'm like, you know, you lost your left tackle.

01:44You lost your center.

01:45You lost different players.

01:47You lost your running back.

01:48You went to Tennessee.

01:49He's a damn good player.

01:50Like, you didn't really replace any of those guys.

01:53And you know, you said, oh, we're all in, and we got a bunch of young players that are

01:56going to play well.

01:57Yeah, I haven't seen that.

01:58I don't think anybody's seen it to this point.

02:00So I don't look at this like, Mike McCarthy lost his fastball, or Mike McCarthy doesn't

02:08know what he's doing.

02:09I just don't agree with that.

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