One routine Thursday in the eccentric life of Deion Sanders. That’s all football fans yearn for. It just wouldn’t happen. An unassuming day in the midst of the offseason has cropped up a massive revelation. The buck for the Dallas Cowboys’ pursuit of a new figurehead stopped in Boulder earlier this week. Jerry Jones is eyeing Deion Sanders to take over custodianship of his faltering franchise. After initially thwarting his approaches, Deion seems to be warming up to the idea.

Revered football reporter Adam Schefter stated Deion Sanders and Jerry Jones had a 1 on 1 conversation about the head coaching vacancy. In the aftermath, Coach Prime spoke to Schefter and said, “To hear from Jerry Jones is truly delightful, and it’s intriguing. I love Jerry and believe in Jerry. After you hang up [the call] and process it and think about it, it’s intriguing. But I love Boulder, and everything there is about our team, the coaches, our student body in the community.” The operative word in this ordeal is “intriguing”. Deion definitely implied he’s considering the move, albeit his primary stance was that happy at Colorado  A few days on from this, that initial “intrigue” is blossoming into more. One person with his finger on the pulse of affairs certainly suggests so.

Cowboys Insider Ed Werder took to X and said, “Regarding Deion Sanders: I’m being told that he would almost certainly accept if Jerry Jones offers to make him the next Cowboys head coach, that those around him are encouraging him to pursue it, and that Jones is enamored with the idea.” This is a telling wrinkle in the saga. Werder’s decree, at the very least, suggests this is a real possibility, not just Jerry trying to stay in the media cycle during the biggest month of football. Coincidentally, this bounces off Deion’s protege and Heisman winner Travis Hunter showing subtle affection to the Cowboys himself.

In a video posted to his namesake YouTube channel, Hunter conducted a Q&A. He was asked, “How would you like to go to the Cowboys?” In reply, Travis kept his poise and composure. But he may be privy to something pertaining to Deion that we don’t quite know just yet. “I would love to go to the Cowboys,” he said. The media training, though, perhaps kicked in and he proceeded to quell this a little!. “Any team that gets me, I would love to play there. My goal was to be the number 1 pick…my goal was to get to the NFL. However, I got to the NFL, [just] make sure I got to the NFL. Whatever team I go to, I’m gonna be so happy. Don’t care.” 

In all likelihood, Travis won’t wind up in Arlington. They don’t have a high enough draft pick. But it’s not beyond Jerry to pull strings that put conventional wisdom aside for the pageantry and flash of reuniting Deion Sanders and Travis Hunter.

Why Deion Sanders is potentially the ideal head coach for the Dallas Cowboys

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No you can’t save the Dallas Cowboys They are very toxic and it would be a waste of Deion time.

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Let’s suspend disbelief and imagine Deion Sanders does indeed wind up as head coach of the Cowboys. Coach Prime exudes a certain persona that resonates with America’s team. The glitz and glamour converge with footballing prowess. Not to mention, he’s already an icon for the franchise. A super-bowl winner who commands the respect of the fan base and, more importantly, Jerry Jones.

Begrudgingly, the now departed Mike McCarthy was often reduced to a mouthpiece. He had little to no power in terms of decision-making pertaining to roster construction and other important facets. Simply put, McCarthy was superseded in all aspects by owner/GM Jerry. However, that won’t be the case with Deion. He’ll instantly become the face of the franchise. Jerry will inadvertently have to take a back seat, something most fans wish he would. ‘My way or the highway’- that’s the sort of directive Jerry runs the franchise with. Coach Prime can get more leverage out of him than pretty much anyone under the Sun.

Even though the Cowboys are run rather erratically, they’re still the Dallas Cowboys. The biggest franchise in American pro sport. That knock is a different kind of knock, an opportunity that doesn’t present itself all that often. Deion Sanders definitively realizes this, hence his softening stance. CeeDee Lamb, too, has hinted at wanting Deion in Dallas. This story is developing swiftly, and a decree in either direction could come soon. Stick or twist.