Mike McCarthy says he “absolutely” wants to return as the coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

Jerry Jones has dropped multiple hints that McCarthy would be back, but the team owner was far from definitive about McCarthy's future after a 23-19 loss to Washington on Sunday closed out a 7-10 season.

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“Mike’s one of the best coaches that I think there is. He was made to coach here. He’s done absolutely nothing to diminish my opinion of him as a coach,” Jones said, later adding that “I don't know that I am considering making a change.”

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Jones said, however, that he hasn't decided about a deal to extend the coach.

“That’s what the next few days and weeks are about now,”

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