Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was one of several players to get bitten by the injury bug, owner Jerry Jones stubbornly refused to boost the team’s running back room last offseason and coach Mike McCarthy dropped a total dud after recording three straight 12-5 seasons at the helm.

The Dallas Cowboys (7-9) could be one of the biggest NFL head coaching vacancies of the 2025 coaching carousel. Or they could not. The last two weeks of Cowboys football (an upset victory over the NFC South-leading Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a 41-7 faceplant against the Philadelphia Eagles) plus Dallas owner Jerry Jones' tendency to operate with a "deadlines make deals" mentality,