With just two days until time runs out on Mike McCarthy‘s contract as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, team owner Jerry Jones has yet to extend a new offer McCarthy’s way. Is Jones’ delay in making a decision on McCarthy’s future a calculated one?

The entirety of the Cuban Missile Crisis — from the discovery of Russian missiles in Cuba to Kennedy’s reaction to Khrushchev’s response (which led the world to the brink of nuclear disaster) to the final peace-saving arrangement made by the two leaders — took 13 days.

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy and team owner Jerry Jones haven't had "substantial discussions" about McCarthy's contract recently, according