Dallas Cowboys fans looking for reasons for optimism amid a 3-6 start to the season might find some in the form of arguably the greatest coach in NFL history.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on the team’s coaching situation during Monday Night Countdown and raised the possibility of Bill Belichick potentially heading to the Cowboys next season.
“Lots of speculation swirling about what the Cowboys will do,” Schefter said. “People have even thought about Bill Belichick, having been spotted in Dallas last week. It can be confirmed Bill Belichick was in Dallas last week but it wasn’t to meet with the Cowboys, it was for a previously scheduled speaking engagement.
“Still, that doesn’t stop the idea that there are people across the league who continue to believe that Bill Belichick will be one of the top considerations for Jerry Jones after this season.”
While Mike McCarthy is the team’s head coach, things are trending in the wrong direction in his fifth season.
Dallas has won one playoff game during his tenure and will likely fall well short of the postseason this time around given its record and a season-ending hamstring injury to quarterback Dak Prescott.
Frankly, it’s more of the same for a franchise that hasn’t made it past the second round of the playoffs since the 1995 campaign. The Cowboys were among the league’s most dominant teams in the early 90s but have largely become a punchline in recent years as the postseason struggles continue.
It’s hard to think of a better coach to help change that than Belichick.
The legendary figure won six Super Bowls during his time with the New England Patriots and led one of the greatest dynasties in league history. New England went to nine Super Bowls in all and went 266-121 during his 24 seasons as head coach.
Belichick’s partnership with quarterback Tom Brady was the biggest reason for that sustained success, so perhaps he can help Prescott maximize his talents in the years to come. After all, the franchise quarterback just agreed to a new four-year, $240 million extension ahead of the season and figures to be under center for the foreseeable future.
Asking Belichick and Prescott to replicate the success the coach enjoyed with Brady would be too much to ask, but any type of sustained playoff success would be a welcome development for the Cowboys.