McCarthy, the Cowboys’ offensive play-caller, is anticipated to be coaching against the Eagles on “Sunday Night Football.” Quinn refused to even talk about the hypothetical situation of offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer calling the offensive plays Sunday night should McCarthy miss coaching the game.
You really think that tough Irishman is going to miss this game?” Quinn said with a smile. “We’re certainly anticipating Mike being back for the game. We’ll hold it down for practices. Knowing him, he’ll be online tonight wanting to go through red zone and third down and everything else. We expect him to be rocking by game day.
Prescott had a similar response to Quinn’s about McCarthy’s availability
“Yeah, I figured that from the jump, knowing that guy,” Prescott said Thursday when asked if he thinks McCarthy will be on the sideline calling plays on Sunday. “Knowing how tough he is too and how tough he says he is with a great chance to prove it. So, yeah, I figured he was.”
The quarterback had much more of a straight face when talking about how McCarthy’s has factored into his success this season. In his first season with McCarthy calling offensive plays in Dallas, Prescott leads the NFL in passing touchdowns (26) and touchdown-to-interception ratio (26-6) while ranking in the top five in numerous other passing metrics.
“Yeah, his playcalling has been great honestly, and it’s a credit to him and the communication,” Prescott said Thursday. “It’s communication throughout the week and then the same sense, Schotty [offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer] and the way that they’re game planning and installing early in the week.