Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones may be considering playing hits from the 1990s dynasty era He parted ways with head coach Mike McCarthy on Monday.
According to CBS Sports’ top NFL insider Jonathan Jones, Jones has asked former Cowboys Super Bowl champion cornerback and current Colorado Buffaloes head football coach Deion Sanders to join Dallas’ head coach. He said he contacted them regarding a coaching vacancy. Jones said a formal interview with Sanders has not yet been scheduled, but he plans to keep in touch regarding the opening.
“It’s really nice and interesting to hear from Jerry Jones,” Sanders told ESPN on Monday night. “I love Jerry and I believe in Jerry. Once you get off the phone and process it and think about it, it’s interesting. But I love Boulder and our team, our coaches, our student body. , I love everything about community.”
Sanders was on Dallas’ last Super Bowl winning team in 1995 and earned both Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors in four of his five years with the Cowboys. Mike Zimmer, Dallas’ defensive coordinator for the 2024 season, served as Sanders’ defensive backs coach for all five of those seasons (1995-1999) and remains a close friend of Sanders to this day. Back in November, Zimmer had no idea Sanders was planning to leave Colorado.
“Dion and I are obviously really good friends and we probably talk every week, but I’m not going to speculate about work or anything like that because I don’t think it’s right,” Zimmer said. said at the time. “I know he’s told me many times that he’s really happy in Colorado. He loves it. Obviously they’ve done a great job. I just wanted to give him a little I try to watch his games every week as much as I can to give me the information and then go from there.” ”
Pro Football Hall of Fame Corner Claims he had a ‘kickstand down’ with Buffaloes It’s a day after Zimmer’s comments, but now he’s reportedly at least listening to Jones talk about the win. There’s no doubt that Sanders taking the Cowboys job is a big deal. Because he said it was the only way. Making the leap to the NFL will be coaching his sons.. Quarterback Shedule Sanders is ranked as the No. 2 prospect for the quarterback position in the 2025 NFL Draft by CBS Sports. His son, safety Shiloh Sanders, will look to increase his draft stock at the East-West Shrine Bowl at the end of the month.
Mr. Sanders’ rules regarding teaching children could create obstacles. The Cowboys have the 12th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, but they are too far out of line to select Shedule Sanders. According to OverTheCap.com, Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott will begin the first season of a four-year, $240 million contract extension in 2025 if the team trades him this offseason. The dead cap hit will be $103.2 million. Jones hates the salary cap dead cap, which he mentioned when discussing reversing Ezekiel Elliott’s $6 million dead cap in 2024 in order to be released in 2023. This is something I have lamented over and over again. It wouldn’t be a bad thing for Jones to talk to Sanders, but a “prime time” chance is unlikely to come to the Cowboys given Sanders’ own condition.
