The Dallas Cowboys announced Monday they were parting ways with head coach Mike McCarthy after five years together. At least one Cowboys legend wasn't a fan of the move. That would be former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman. The three-time Super Bowl winner ...

McCarthy went 49-35 with the Cowboys, reaching the playoffs in 2021, 2022 and 2023, but they won just one postseason game in that span. Dallas went 7-10 this season after losing starting quarterback Dak Prescott to injury in Week 9.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman did not mince words when he talked about the Dallas Cowboys and Mike McCarthy stepping down as head coach.

The Pro Football Hall of Famer and ESPN Monday Night Football broadcaster said he was surprised by the team’s choice to move on from McCarthy.

“Monday Night Football” commentator and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman had some harsh opinions about the now-vacant Cowboys head-coaching position before Monday night’s wild-card game between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams.

As panel host Scott Van Pelt pointed out, there was much speculation to go around the sketchy future between the Cowboys and McCarthy as his contract was set to expire at the end of this season.

These days, most people know Troy Aikman as ESPN’s lead NFL color commentator, one half of a stellar duo with play-by-play person Joe Buck. But once upon a time, Aikman was a Dallas Cowboys legend, winning three Super Bowls with the franchise in the 1990s as their starting quarterback.

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Aikman laid out his opinions about the decision to move on from Mike McCarthy in the pregame show to the Rams-Vikings Monday Night Football playoff game.