Cowboys as Coach Bill Belichick 'Mystery' Hire Landing Spot? What Just Changed

Dallas Cowboys as Coach Bill Belichick 'Mystery' Hire Landing Spot? What Just Changed

ARLINGTON - If the Dallas Cowboys weren't ESPN's ballyhooed "mystery team'' considering the hiring of Bill Belichick before Sunday's 48-32 playoff loss to Green Bay ...

They probably are now.

The idea of the deposed Patriots boss being hired to replace a fired Mike McCarthy did not originate from inside The Star; we continue to believe that FOBs ("Friends of Bill'') have spent the last few months pumping life into a rumor that now inches toward, if not reality, than surely, viability.

We have said all along, and will direct-quote our own selves: In a "never-say-never'' football world, it is conceivable that McCarthy's playoff performance might be so heinous, and Belichick's siren call be so powerful, that owner Jerry Jones is moved to make a chance.

And here we are. A heinous loss. A siren call.

Was this once nothing more than a sycophantic message spread around the NFL by Belichick media puppets in order to make the recently-failing legend seem all the more attractive? That's our take.

Is it suddenly something owner Jerry Jones must consider - along with ideas that include a visit with Jim Harbaugh and with Mike Vrabel and with every young hotshot coaching prospect?

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Jerry said late into the cold night here at AT&T Stadium that he hadn't thought of any of that just yet. And another of "our takes,'' having known and covered Jones for 34 years now: He's fibbing.

Right around the time his home scoreboard read "Packers 27, Cowboys 0,'' his fertile 81-year-old mind switched gears to "the next,'' if only just for a moment.

And considering all options following "heinous'' and considering "siren calls''?

That's no "mystery.''