So it should be no surprise if the Cowboys take the exclusive negotiating window they have with Mike McCarthy and his entire coaching staff all the way up to Tuesday's deadline. They did it with quarterback Dak Prescott's contract.

The team has only a matter of days until head coach Mike McCarthy's contract expires on January 14, and owner Jerry Jones still has a lot of work to do. According to the latest update on the McCarthy saga,

Jones and McCarthy had already met for days and still not found a resolution, but, like a jury trial, the longer this goes, the more