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.

The Jets have requested interviews with a number of other coordinators. The Jets' delayed request for Whitt - who would by the way be a part of the Rooney Rule guidelines - was due to Whitt's role with a current playoff team, as he was unavailable during the opening week of the playoffs.

Saints won’t get the first try at recruiting ex-Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy. NFL Network reports the Bears will sit down with him a week before the black and gold:

Mike McCarthy will not return as coach of the Dallas Cowboys, who are going on three decades since their last Super Bowl title, owner Jerry Jones said Monday. Jones said the organization and McCarthy mutually agreed to part ways.

Now, the Cowboys are searching for the coach they hope can get them back to a NFC Championship Game and Super Bowl, where they haven’t been since winning it all in the 1995 season. We want to know your thoughts on the decision and the team’s future: (NOTE: Readers who are using our app on an Android device may need to use two fingers to scroll through the survey.