Bill Belichick joining the Cowboys in 2025 feels inevitable right now

Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones sounds fresh for change.

During a Tuesday question and reply pinch 105.3 The Fan, Jones admitted that nan Cowboys are “not playing very bully shot correct now” aft their 3-3 commencement and caller 47-9 blowout nonaccomplishment to nan Detroit Lions.

“Well, we’re designing bad plays, aliases we’re designing bad concepts,” Jones said connected what Dallas should beryllium looking astatine correct now. “The facts are that there’s immoderate of that, but there’s besides immoderate of execution. There’s immoderate of nan talent.

“I for illustration our talent. I really do for illustration our talent. I for illustration our young talent, but young talent has a fewer much mistakes associated pinch it than if you are dealing pinch a seasoned player.”

The comments astir bad plays and bad concepts are going to suck up nan oxygen, arsenic will nan truth that Jones made each these remarks while discussing why nan squad didn’t motion Baltimore Ravens moving backmost Derrick Henry successful free agency.

However, it’s nan remark astir maximizing nan team’s talent and limiting nan mistakes of its young talent successful peculiar that hint wherever Dallas mightiness beryllium going successful 2025.

In what was purported to beryllium a make-or-break twelvemonth for coach Mike McCarthy, Dallas looks for illustration 1 of nan astir mediocre teams successful football. This is correct aft re-signing franchise pillars for illustration backmost Dak Prescott and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb to gigantic contracts, too.

The Cowboys sit astatine 29th successful DVOA for their defense and 26th successful offense. The squad only has 1 bully triumph this play against nan Pittsburgh Steelers to lucifer against 2 against nan Cleveland Browns and New York Giants.

With a gauntlet schedule coming up (49ers, Falcons, Eagles, Texans, Commanders), it’s imaginable Dallas loses each 5 of those games if nan squad can’t play amended than it has. A Cowboys squad successful free autumn could animate Jones to portion ways pinch McCarthy midseason and awesome he’s fresh for caller leadership. We each cognize who his first telephone will astir apt beryllium successful January.

Jones conscionable turned 82. He’s not nan type of proprietor who tin spend to tear nan franchise down and build it backmost up again. Like he said, Dallas has talent. It has nan pieces correct now to astatine slightest make nan playoffs. If Jones feels that his roster needs much subject and his squad needs an contiguous jolt of proven coaching, he is going to prosecute Bill Belichick arsenic his adjacent coach.

Belichick has go a media darling this season, seemingly unbothered by moreover calling retired nan Patriots. However, everything points to him wanting to return to coaching successful 2025. Belichick is chasing Don Shula’s all-time winning mark arsenic a coach. Dallas hypothetically gives him arsenic bully a chance to do that arsenic immoderate different squad that could make a coaching change.

Jones has said successful nan past that he thinks he could activity pinch his “friend” Belichick, who recently empathized pinch nan Jones family complete really things are going successful Dallas.

“Stephen and Jerry Jones person shelled retired a batch of money to immoderate very precocious floor plan players and person tried to springiness nan squad arsenic galore resources arsenic they tin to triumph and conscionable haven’t had bully results,” Belichick said connected Sirius XM’s Let’s Go last week, per The Athletic‘s Jon Machota.

If you publication betwixt nan lines connected that peculiar quote, it judge sounds for illustration a coach trying to food up a franchise from afar for nan squad they’ve built. Remember what Jones said astir talent. If you’re interviewing pinch nan Cowboys successful January astir a imaginable vacancy, promising to utilize nan talent disposable to you is 1 of nan surest ways to get nan job.

It’s really not difficult to spot Jones trading himself connected a imagination of Belichick riding successful connected a achromatic equine to rescue his franchise from stagnation, to hole nan defense himself and thief guideline nan discourtesy to much consistency. We’re judge Belichick brings Josh McDaniels pinch him, who was ever 1 of nan NFL’s amended violative coordinators pinch nan New England Patriots.

Sure, Jones could ever get lured into nan guidance of a hot-shot violative coach for illustration Lions violative coordinator Ben Johnson. But see nan consequence there. Attractive coordinators for illustration Johnson who make nan leap to caput coaching neglect each nan clip conscionable arsenic often arsenic they succeed. Being a caput coach is tough, overmuch little being 1 who has 7 Super Bowls nether his belt.

Jones being successful his early eighties will play a domiciled successful what he does next, arsenic Father Time waits for nary NFL owner. Hiring Belichick carries its ain risks, from if his old-school attack to starring a squad has grown old to really overmuch power he’ll want complete a roster nan Jones family has prized successful maintaining. However, nan consequence it doesn’t transportation is Belichick’s record.

For Jones, that mightiness beryllium capable to make this hap this winter. McCarthy’s days successful Dallas consciousness numbered barring a awesome turnaround. Jones is not going decorate his franchise pinch dynamite for a multi-year turnaround. He will want results arsenic soon arsenic possible, and Belichick will beryllium nan champion coaching free supplier for which to envision a speedy turnaround and a Lombardi.

It’s not needfully that Belichick will beryllium nan champion candidate, but he will beryllium nan 1 that helps Jones slumber easier astatine night. Don’t underestimate an proprietor who is intelligibly tired of being nan butt of nan joke going retired and getting nan 21st century’s NFL exemplary of consistency to prevention his franchise from tepid results.

This inevitable national conscionable makes excessively overmuch consciousness for some sides. Jones would get nan coach he’s dreamed of, nan 1 who has already followed successful nan footsteps of Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson.

Belichick would get a ready-made roster that he could crook to his will for those coveted all-time victories pinch afloat support from ownership nan 2nd he walks successful nan door.

Maybe it winds up pinch a Cowboys Super Bowl. Maybe it winds up a Texas-sized disaster. Either way, nan big, neon arrows are pointing its direction.