{"id":10839,"date":"2024-12-14T08:43:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T08:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10839"},"modified":"2024-12-14T08:43:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T08:43:04","slug":"breaking-cowboys-could-hire-offensive-genius-to-replace-hc-mike-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10839","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Cowboys Could Hire \u2018Offensive Genius\u2019 to Replace HC Mike McCarthy ."},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__meta\">\n<div class=\"l-article__meta-item l-article__meta-item--dates\">\n<ul class=\"c-meta c-meta--post c-meta--list c-meta--dates\">\n<li class=\"c-meta__item c-meta__item--updated\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2182707759-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2182707759-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2182707759-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2182707759-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"635\" data-dom-ready-time=\"859\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy could part ways with the team in the offseason, and one &#8220;offensive genius&#8221; is being linked to the team.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even well before the NFL offseason kicks in, plenty of NFL analysts and experts are looking at what various teams could do to their rosters and coaching staff after February to strengthen their franchise. For the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys, many are expecting Jerry Jones to split with head coach Mike McCarthy and bring a new voice in.<\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying that there are plenty of names being floated around as possible replacements for McCarthy. But, one could stand above the rest.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys Should Look at the \u2018Most Coveted Coaching Candidates\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Everyone has their favorites when it comes to who should coach the Dallas Cowboys in the future, and Jerry Trotta of The Landry Hat has a top pick.\u00a0In a December 12 feature for the publication,\u00a0he states that Ben Johnson, offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions, is his top choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohnson was one of the most coveted coaching candidates last hiring cycle. He took several interviews and appeared to reach an agreement with the Commanders but be backed out at the last-second to return to his post in Detroit,\u201d\u00a0Trotta noted.<\/p>\n<p>Numbers don\u2019t lie, and Ben Johnson has those on his side.\u00a0The Detroit Lions, heading into Week 15, rank top in points per game 32.1\u00a0and second in yards per game at 394.8.<\/p>\n<p>Partly thanks to those numbers and perhaps other factors, Trotta calls Johnson \u201cone of the top play-callers in the NFL. He\u2019s in the upper-echelon with Andy Reid, Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohnson is the architect of the entire operation,\u201d Trotta said. \u201cHe calls the plays and designs the scheme. He\u2019s propelled a very limited quarterback in\u00a0Jared Goff\u00a0into the\u00a0MVP conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trotta added that\u00a0\u201cit\u2019s unlikely that Jerry and Stephen Jones\u201d would hire someone with no previous head coaching experience, but that \u201cJohnson\u2019s offensive genius is exactly what Dallas should target after they made\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0and\u00a0CeeDee Lamb\u00a0among the highest-paid players at their respective positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just look at how Goff has flourished under Johnson. He could possibly do the same for Prescott, although one could argue that Prescott is more of a veteran quarterback than Goff, and Johnson could perhaps fit better with more of a rookie.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"tagStyle_1rck2gq-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_pormqyqtl\">Dallas Cowboys Also Linked With Mike Vrabel<\/h2>\n<p>Another name being thrown around with the Cowboys is Mike Vrabel, the former coach of the\u00a0Titans. In a column\u00a0for ESPN, NFL expert Jeremy Fowler says Vrabel is a viable candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome around the league have noted the Cowboys as a natural fit [with Vrabel],\u201d\u00a0Fowler stated. \u201cThey valued experience and pedigree with their last hire in Mike McCarthy and could lean that way again, if they decide to make a change at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vrabel was\u00a054-45 in six seasons with the Tennessee Titans. Under his direction, the Titans went to three playoffs and won AFC South titles in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of if and when the Cowboys get a new head coach, that\u2019s likely not what\u2019s on the minds of the Cowboys right now. The\u00a05-8 team\u00a0is looking ahead to a matchup against the\u00a0Panthers\u00a0on Sunday, December 15.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy could part ways with the team in the offseason, and one &#8220;offensive genius&#8221; is being linked to the team. &nbsp; Even&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING : Cowboys Could Hire \u2018Offensive Genius\u2019 to Replace HC Mike McCarthy . - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10839\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING : Cowboys Could Hire \u2018Offensive Genius\u2019 to Replace HC Mike McCarthy . - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getty Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy could part ways with the team in the offseason, and one &#8220;offensive genius&#8221; 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