Earlier this year, the Cowboys had been at the center of potential rumors concerning coaching changes within the franchise. Those speculations stemmed from comments by owner Jerry Jones, who was not happy when Dallas was eliminated in the wild-card round of playoffs in January.
Mike McCarthy is currently the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, but ESPN’s Marcus Spears believes that could change by next year and the target is Sean Payton.
“Have we not paid attention to Jerry Jones for a long time? When Wade Phillips was there, Jerry Jones wanted and was grooming Jason Garrett to be the head coach,” Spears said on NFL Live. “He is waiting for Sean Payton to say I want to come to Dallas, and they’re going to make it happen and give the New Orleans Saints what they need.”
Payton, who stepped down from his role as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints earlier this year, has ties to Dallas as he was the Cowboys’ assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach from 2003 to 2005.
“If Sean Payton shows interest in wanting to coach the Cowboys, he’ll be the coach eventually. I don’t give a damn what Mike McCarthy does. Listen, y’all, this ain’t hard.”
McCarthy addressed Jones’s comments about rumors of former Saints coach Sean Payton being linked to Dallas on the Rich Eisen Show back in February.
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“When you look at those type of comments… I think you have to understand the platform of where they come from,” McCarthy said. “I have an excellent relationship with Jerry Jones.
“… Are these narratives unusual? Absolutely… I’ve never dealt with anything like this.. But it is part of our landscape. At the end of the day, it is about the people you are in charge of… and most importantly our locker room and our locker room is about winning.”
Dallas (12–5) was the only home team to lose in the wild-card round of this year’s postseason.
