Mike McCarthy celebrates first playoff win since 2016 with an awkward, joyful dance in the Cowboys locker room
Former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy, who hadn't won a playoff game since the Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys in a 2016 thriller, recorded his first playoff win as Cowboys coach on Monday night in a 31-14 victory over Tampa Bay. McCarthy's celebration was … notable.
Donning a "victory chain" that appears to have originated with Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs, McCarthy celebrated the lopsided win with some smooth moves.
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McCarthy's Cowboys advanced to face San Francisco in the divisional round of the playoffs on Sunday. If Dallas wins, McCarthy will have successfully piloted a team past the two opponents that ended the Packers' season in the playoffs the past two years.
The Cowboys had not won a playoff game on the road since 1992 and had never beaten Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, who'd been 7-0 against Dallas heading into the game.
McCarthy's last playoff win came in Dallas, a 34-31 win for the Packers over the top-seeded Cowboys when Mason Crosby hit a 51-yard field goal as time expired. Green Bay went on to lose in the NFC championship game against Atlanta that year, 44-21.
Last year's Cowboys also lost to San Francisco, 23-17, at AT&T Stadium; the 49ers went on to upset the Packers at Lambeau Field the following week, 13-10.
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