With a key weapon like Micah Parsons back in the lineup, Mike McCarthy’s Cowboys have posted some impressive outings as the regular season winds down. The Cowboys have won four of their last five games and are hoping a strong finish could carry over into a better 2025.

The Cowboys won for the fourth time in their last five games on Sunday night and that left team owner Jerry Jones feeling giddy about the job being done by head coach Mike McCarthy even though the team has no chance to make the playoffs.

Shortly after the Dallas Cowboys responded to being eliminated from the playoffs by earning an upset 26-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-7) on Sunday night, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones insisted he was "proud" of how head coach Mike McCarthy had his team ready to battle Tampa Bay with nothing but pride on the line for the hosts.