"I would never have given Dak Prescott a new contract. I'd have let him play it out.'' - Cowboys icon Jimmy Johnson with a bit of revisionist history.
The Fox analyst and former Cowboys Super-Bowl winning coach proposed a radical concept to help galvanize the stagnant Dallas and Pittsburgh franchises.
Johnson suggested that the Steelers and similarly stale Dallas Cowboys should swap Tomlin for Mike McCarthy. To shake things up. At the risk of hyperbole and with all due respect to the “Music City Miracle,” that would be one of the biggest lateral moves in NFL history.
As the Dallas Cowboys work through their coaching search, a franchise legend weighed in. Jimmy Johnson addressed the looming decision for Jerry Jones, including how Dak Prescott impacts things. Johnson pointed out two “key figures” in the search to replace Mike McCarthy after he and the Cowboys parted ways this week.
There are currently several head coaching openings across the NFL, and some are obviously more appealing than others. The teams with those openings have been starting to conduct interviews, and hiring the right man for the job could be the first domino to fall as far as the other moves they will make in the weeks and months to come.
Jimmy Johnson, Jerry Jones’ Super Bowl-winning coach from the 1990s, popped on Fox Sports on Sunday to propose a swap: Mike Tomlin to Dallas. Mike McCarthy to Pittsburgh. Wouldja?
Jimmy Johnson wants to see the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers swap head coaches for the 2025 season. On Fox NFL Sunday, the former Cowboys head coach said Mike McCarthy and Mike Tomlin should trade places to help turn the Cowboys and Steelers around.
FOX NFL analyst Jimmy Johnson had an unorthodox idea to try to address the Dallas Cowboys’ coaching situation. On “FOX NFL Sunday,” Johnson proposed a coach swap between the Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Former NFL head coach and Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson had a bold suggestion that involved the Pittsburgh Steelers trading head coach Mike Tomlin to another team in exchange for their head coach.
Wild: FOX's Jimmy Johnson suggests the #Steelers and #Cowboys do a coach swap to help their struggles: "How about a coaching swap? Mike McCarthy is a Pittsburgh guy. Let him go to [the Steelers]. Let Mike Tomlin go to [the Cowboys]." 🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/Tp1shlNn89
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