One other fascinating wrinkle could also be creating amid hypothesis linking Deion Sanders to the open Cowboys head teaching job.
Sanders remains to be the top coach on the College of Colorado, however he has confirmed that he had spoken to Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones in relation to the NFL teaching job.
However now there’s an added twist after NFL Community’s Jane Slater reported that Colorado was placing up “resistance” to a request from Sanders about including NIL and employees sources.
“Two people with knowledge of the situation tell me Sanders approached Colorado AD Rick George Tuesday about additional money for NIL and his staff,” she reported on X. “He was met with resistance. The University of Colorado would neither confirm or deny the information when I reached out. Deion Sanders didn’t respond when reached multiple times for comment.”
Sanders is coming off a season through which he led the Buffaloes to a 9-4 document — and 7-2 in convention play — in 2024.
The sincerity within the potential curiosity between Sanders and the Cowboys is unclear and numerous stories have indicated various things.
WFAA’s Ed Werder reported on X that Sanders “would almost certainly accept if Jerry Jones offers to make him the next Cowboys head coach.”
Nevertheless, The Athletic’s Dianna Russini stated throughout an look on “The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz” that she thought it was “all smoke.”
“Everyone’s kind of wink-winking this thing. I don’t think the Dallas Cowboys had a plan,” Russini stated. “I think they felt this would work out with Mike McCarthy. Mike McCarthy’s like, ‘Nah, I’m good. This isn’t what I want in terms of a contract.’ He walks. Jerry [Jones]’s left going, ‘Alright, I gotta go find a head coach.’”
For his half, Sanders has stated that the decision from Jones was “intriguing” however that he loves “Boulder and everything there is about our team, the coaches, our student body and the community.”
Nevertheless, he didn’t outright deny curiosity within the place.
