Mike McCarthy liked the conflict among Dallas Cowboys following bitter loss to Packers

Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy has moved on to the Minnesota Vikings.

But it will likely be awhile before he gets over Sunday’s bitter 31-28 overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers.

After spending 13 years as the Packers coach, leading them to a Super Bowl title in 2010, the return to Lambeau Field was a homecoming for him.

But there was no redemption after the Cowboys blew a 28-14 fourth quarter lead, resulting in some post game tears of anguish.

“Oh, tough. Yeah , tough,” McCarthy said when asked about the flight back to Dallas from Green Bay. “You guys ain’t getting me today. I ain’t slept. I’m irritated. And I’m very disappointed. That game was very personal and I’m not going to deny that. But most importantly I was very disappointed for our players.”

The frustration among the players spilled over in the Cowboys locker room after the game with linebacker Micah Parsons calling out his teammates for doing their own thing and not being accountable on defense, resulting the Packers rushing 39 times for 207 yards in the game.

It was the second straight game in which the Cowboys up 200 yards rushing. The Chicago Bears rushed for a 240 yards two weeks ago before the Cowboys bye.

It all prompted Parsons to go off after the Packers game.

“We got to put out this fire,” Parsons said. “Until we take out this fire, we are going to keep seeing it. If people want to keep doing their own thing, we are going to deal with this all year. We have to put this out. We have to be accountable. We have to stay in our gaps. We have to stop the run. Until we do that, it’s going to be a long year.”

Tight end Dalton Schultz also criticized his teammates for not wearing proper cleats as McCarthy has instructed in the days leading up to the game at Lambeau Field.

Defensive coordinator Dan Quinn backed Parsons and said that he would consider benching guys for blown assignments.

And McCarthy had no problem with players calling out their teammates after such a bitter loss.

He said it showed how much they cared and it could end up being a good thing.

“I don’t know what the hell you’d want us to be talking about in the locker room,” McCarthy said. “We definitely weren’t in there patting each other on the back. There is a ton of red ass, a ton of disappointment, a lot of anger. That points to the commitment and a desire to win, the connection.

“There is a lot said between a number of people and I love that. Conflict is good. That’s how you resolve.”

The Cowboys (6-3) need to get it resolve quickly to avoid a two-game losing streak.

Unlike the Packers (4-6), who were riding a five-game losing streak before defeating the Cowboys and were among the league’s most disappointing teams, their next opponent, Minnesota Vikings is tied for the league’s best record and is playing as well as any team in the league.

Minnesota (8-1) is riding a seven-game winning streak while featuring the league’s seventh-ranked passing attack and of the league’s best running backs in Dalvin Cook.