ESPN's Todd Archer reported on Thursday that McCarthy was adamant about agreeing to a five-year contract extension with the team. However, owner Jerry Jones apparently was stuck on a three-year deal. Both sides couldn't agree on a deal, although the details of the contract the Cowboys offered McCarthy are unknown.

Mike McCarthy's tenure with the Dallas Cowboys came to an end in part because he couldn't agree to terms on a new contract, but it hadn't been clear until

After a 65-minute news conference in which Jones-speak more than doubled the efforts of new head coach Brian Schottenheimer — no stranger to the filibuster himself —Jerry and Stephen did their best to exhaust smaller groups of media with a few answers that felt direct but many more that rambled out of bounds.

The Dallas Cowboys' decision to hire Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach remains puzzling, and team ownership hasn't done much to inspire the fanbase with the hire. Schottenheimer's introductory press conference on Monday was dominated with weird quotes and rants from Jerry and Stephen Jones,