The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0were in the headlines on Monday morning after parting ways with head coach\u00a0Mike McCarthy, and they were back in the headlines by Monday night.<\/p>\n
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was dragged through the mud for waiting so long to get rid of McCarthy, which caused him to miss out on the chance to interview top coaching candidates including\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, and newly hired\u00a0New England Patriots\u00a0head coach Mike Vrabel.<\/p>\n
But perhaps Jones had a backup plan all along?<\/p>\n
According to Fox Sports insider Jordan Schultz, Jones reached out to Colorado head coach and former Cowboys great\u00a0Deion Sanders\u00a0about the open head-coaching position on Monday evening, and Sanders is reportedly intrigued by the job, per ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a mutual interest there, and I go back to about a year-and-a-half-ago when I had a former general manager say to me, \u2018Watch Deion Sanders, he may be the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys,\u2019\u201d Schefter said. \u201cWell, there is mutual interest. We\u2019ll see if that amps up, but the two sides have talked, they have touched base, and we\u2019ll see if it goes anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sanders to the Cowboys would be the kind of splashy move that could reel back in a disinterested fanbase that mentally checked out on the team during the final third of the season.<\/p>\n
Sanders in on-record stating he will only coach in the\u00a0NFL\u00a0if he\u2019s coaching both of his sons, Colorado\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Shedeur Sanders\u00a0and Colorado safety Shilo Sanders, both of whom will be in the 2025 draft class.<\/p>\n
Because of that statement, FanDuel Sportsbook proposed a hypothetical trade in which the Cowboys send star quarterback Dak Prescott to the\u00a0Tennessee Titans\u00a0in exchange for the No. 1 overall pick, a 2025 fourth-round pick and a 2026 third-round pick.<\/p>\n