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Our writers provide their opinions on the latest Dallas Cowboys news during our weekly review on the Roundtable.
Every week, we gather the latest news about the Dallas Cowboys and seek our writer’s perspective on each headline. Welcome back to the roundtable. This week we have Brian Martin, Tom Ryle, and RJ Ochoa, David Howman and Jess Haynie.
With the departure of Mike McCarthy two weeks ago the Dallas Cowboys have been a hot topic in the news. Deion Sanders was an early name thrown in the ringer which caused a huge media storm last week. Other ex-Cowboys names have been talked about as taking the head coaching role or positional coaching roles that are currently vacant such as Kellen Moore, Jason Witten and Demarco Murray. There’s certainly no shortage of names on the list and looking to be scheduled for an interview.
Jess: Ben Johnson was the easy answer, and the fact that he didn’t even get an interview or wanted one is the saddest testimony yet to the state of the Cowboys and the reputation of the front office. But moving on, the guy I’d want next is Bills OC Joe Brady. Like Johnson, he’d be a better version of who we’ll probably end up with in Kellen Moore.
Howman: My favorite, in general, is Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores for reasons I outlined here. It doesn’t seem like the Cowboys are interested though, just as they weren’t interested in my preferred candidate last time, Dan Campbell. So, of the names they’ve actually interviewed, I prefer Robert Saleh. He has a good reputation as a leader, has always produced strong defenses, and has only ever hired offensive coordinators from the Shanahan tree. His lack of any real success as a head coach concerns me, but Saleh at least provides a solid floor.
RJ: If we are living in a world of practicality then that excludes people like Aaron Glenn in my mind. Kellen Moore is among the candidates whom I hate the least, but it still just feels like a commitment to the same which I am not a fan of. If I had to pick one right now honestly my most-preferred option is Deion Sanders. I recognize how silly of a time we are in, but we are so down the rabbit hole that I wonder if his disposition could do this team good.
Brian: I’m going to go with a name that hasn’t been linked to the Dallas Cowboys as of yet, Joe Brady. Excluding maybe Ben Johnson, he’s been arguably the most successful, innovative, and creative play-caller the last several years that teams are going to start looking at to fill the HC opening. He’s known to work directly with his QB to help determine what plays they like and which ones they don’t and I believe he would be a great pairing with Dak Prescott.
Tom: I have a hard time with this,...
