The Dallas Cowboys can now request to speak with either of Detroit’s coordinators.
A team wearing silver and blue embarrassed themselves as big-time favorites in the Divisional Round and what do you know, it wasn’t the Dallas Cowboys!
The Detroit Lions talked a lot of talk for a very long time only to lose to the #6 seed Washington Commanders as the top one in the NFC. It is possible you enjoyed watching it from afar, but allow me to remind you that Washington advancing to the NFC Championship Game means that the longest appearance drought for that particular stage now belongs to the Cowboys themselves.
As things relate to the Cowboys righting that wrong in the immediate future the first thing that they are going to have to do is get a new head coach in tow.
To date the Cowboys have conducted two interviews officially. They were with Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore (who obviously has a history with Dallas) and former New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh. They reportedly have another interview set with former Minnesota Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier.
While the Cowboys coaching search has been underway for about a week and there have been a lot of names connected to it – including current Colorado head coach Deion Sanders – two names that have drawn little (still some) rumors are Detroit Lions coordinators Ben Johnson (offense) and Aaron Glenn (defense).
Dallas has definitely been mildly connected to Johnson and Glenn in certain ways, but they have not put in an official request to interview them yet because they couldn’t.
As we noted right after the Cowboys parted ways with McCarthy, the window for Dallas (or anyone) to interview Johnson or Glenn virtually was during the week before and leading through the Wild Card Round specifically. This was true for exclusively Detroit and the Kansas City Chiefs as they were the top seeds in their respective conference.
The Cowboys are not able to speak with Lions or Chiefs staffers until their seasons are finished. While the Chiefs advanced to the AFC Championship Game (their seventh straight) on Saturday afternoon, the Lions failed to reach the NFC side as mentioned. Detroit’s season is done. Dallas can now request to interview Johnson or Glenn. They are fair game.
Do you think they will? Do you still want them to after Saturday night?
