When Mike McCarthy left the Cowboys, the 1st call Jerry Jones made was to Prime Time. To satisfy the Rooney Rule.

Jerry Jones has owned the Cowboys since the spring of 1989, at which time he made the brilliant decision to hire a college coach — Jimmy Johnson — as the Dallas head man. Johnson had been at Oklahoma State for five seasons (1979-83) and with the Miami Hurricanes for five more (1984-88).

Deion Sanders confirmed that he spoke with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones about the team’s head coaching vacancy, and called the idea “intriguing” in recent c