Dallas Cowboys legend offered a coaching trade idea that had the fans running wild on social media. However, is the idea as asinine as it may seem?

A few minutes before Sunday’s wild-card matchup between Philadelphia and Green Bay kicked off, the former Cowboys coach brought up the idea of Dallas and Pittsburgh swapping head coaches in the offseason. Johnson admitted he had no “inside information” before throwing up his hypothetical.

Jerry Jones once famously said 500 coaches could have won Super Bowls with those early 1990s Dallas Cowboys teams. The owner and general manager has made six hires since winning two Super Bowls with Jimmy Johnson and one with Barry Switzer. None that have followed have been able to get the Cowboys past the divisional round of the playoffs.

Deion Sanders and Jason Witten are two of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ former — and favorite — players, and both have been floated as potential replacements for coach Mike McCarthy

After five years, three playoff appearances and just one postseason victory, the Dallas Cowboys have moved on from head coach Mike McCarthy. After protracted negotiations and a process that included the Cowboys denying another team permission to interview McCarthy less than a week before cutting ties with him themselves,

The Dallas Cowboys and head coach Mike McCarthy have agreed to part ways. Here is a look at the latest Cowboys next head coach odds.