Cowboys release Ezekiel Elliott before the final week of the season while Dallas has gone silent on the future of head coach Mike McCarthy.

Last week, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones credited the work McCarthy, backup quarterback Cooper Rush and a makeshift offensive line have done while keeping the hopes of finishing above .500 alive, even if the playoffs have officially become out of reach for the franchise for the first time since 2020.

Dallas says goodbye (again) to their third all-time leading rusher as Elliott looks to possibly join playoff-bound team