Jerry Jones Calling Bill Belichick At Halftime? Dallas Cowboys 'Football Disaster' Is Underway in Playoff Debacle vs. Packers
ARLINGTON - Amid all of the speculation that has Bill Belichick taking over the Dallas Cowboys as coach in place of a fired Mike McCarthy, we always sort of laughed at it while noting that the far-fetched concept could indeed be launched into play in the event of a "football disaster.''
Can one half of a playoff game in which the home team is a big favorite over a hated rival qualify as a "football disaster''? More pointedly, has a coach ever been fired at halftime?
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The Cowboys trail .... at the half here at AT&T Stadium after having stumbled about for 30 minutes, falling behind 27-0 due to a series of sleep-walking miscues.
"Win for Coach,'' as was one rallying cry as this game pits Dallas against the Green Bay Packers, the team that once fired its Super Bowl winner?
The "easiest road to the NFC Championship Game in 30 years,'' as we all largely have agreed?
A Packers opponent "too green and too young'' to win on the road against a "superior'' 12-5 second-seeded Cowboys?
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At one time, we wondered why Cowboys owner Jerry Jones would have any real attraction for the legendary Belichick, now 71 and five years removed from having fielded a good team.
At this moment, we wonder why Belichick would want any part of this mess.
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott completed 13 of 21 passes for just 87 yards with two back-breaking interceptions. CeeDee Lamb, the NFL's reception leader in the regular season, has just two catches for 18 yards.
Meanwhile, Jordan Love has thrown all over the Cowboys' vaunted defense, and Dallas' special teams have contributed with critical errors, too.
We half-joked that the Cowboys would "need to lose to the Packers 50-0'' to trigger this sort of move.
Well, they're about halfway there.
Belichick has already cleverly had cronies in the media and in the league drop bread crumbs to make sure the NFL knows he deserves to be wanted.
And at this moment? We can speculate about Jerry Jones having Bill Belichick on speed dial. And we're done denying that Mike McCarthy is on a hot seat to this point - a third straight playoff season notwithstanding - he has absolutely earned.
