According to multiple sources, including Rant Sports, and other media outlets are reporting that Dallas owner Jerry Jones and Colorado head coach Deion Sanders have discussed the Cowboys job. Monday Dallas parted ways with head coach with Mike McCarthy allowing his to expire. Less than five hours after the Cowboys’ started a search for a new head coach Sanders name came up.
Jerry and Coach Prime have history.
In his Hall of Fame career Sanders and Jones became very close friends stating in 1995. He played five seasons for the team, making it to four Pro Bowls.
Sanders played a big role getting the Cowboys’ to Super Bowl XXX championship. They defeated Buffalo 30-13 in what was the last time Dallas was in a Super Bowl.
After he retired Sanders made and his family have made Dallas home for nearly two decades. He and Jones remain friends and have kept in close contact over those years.
Despite the ability to make Sanders the highest paid coach in the NFL there is one or two possible problems. In a recent interview on ABC Good Morning America, Coach Prime said the only way he would leave college coaching was if he could coach his son Shedeur Sanders in the pros.
Would Sanders take the Cowboys job without his son?
At the moment Dallas has the 12th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and it is clear that Sanders will be long gone at that point. Which begs the question “Could Dallas trade up to get the star Colorado quarterback?”
Just before the start of the 2024 season Dallas made quarterback Dak Prescott the highest paid player in the history of the NFL. So, even if Dallas were to somehow get Sanders, he would not be QB1 for the Cowboys.
Coach Prime’s resume
Sanders has had a meteoric rise in college coaching, starting when he was named the head coach at Jackson State ahead of the 2020 season.
He made HBC cool again.
Sanders went to Jackson State after a few stints in the high school ranks, coaching at Texas prep schools Prime Prep (2012-13) and Triple A (2015-16) before becoming the offensive coordinator at Trinity Christian, where Shedeur Sanders was the quarterback, from 2017-20.
Sanders finished 4-3 in the shortened 2020 season, with one of his wins coming by forfeit. However, he turned things around tremendously in 2021 at the HBCU program. In his second season at Jackson State, he won the Eddie Robinson Award as FCS’s best coach after the Tigers won the SWAC and finished with a program-record 11 wins.
He finished 27-6 in his four seasons at Jackson State, attracting talent never before seen at the FCS level. He even flipped Travis Hunter on signing day, who was the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2022 class. Hunter, one of the top prospects in the upcoming NFL draft, was previously committed to Florida State.
Colorado is where Coach Prime shined
Sanders has become one of the highest profile head coaches in all of college football. After his first season with Colorado, he went 4-8 but he followed that up last season with an impressive 9-3 mark and a trip to the Alamo Bowl.
Entering his third year in Boulder he will be losing star cornerback Travis Hunter who won the Heisman Trophy for the Buffaloes. He will also without quarterback Shedeur Sanders, Deion’s son, had a strong season and is expected to be a top five pick in the April NFL Draft.
Conclusion
Jerry Jones will throw crazy money at Sanders and do whatever it takes to land Coach Prime. The question remains will Sanders be able to resit one of the highest profile coaching jobs in all of sports?
Also, can Coach Prime fit the job as an NFL head coach?
We will soon find out because Sanders has recruiting to do if he staying in Colorado. If he is headed to Dallas then he will need to be in place to hire assistant coaches and work with Jones on the NFL draft.
FILE – Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) waves after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. Kelce will bring his highly successful music festival called Kelce Jam back to Kansas City. The second annual one-day event held on May 18 will be hosted by the superstar tight end of the Chiefs and headlined by Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Diplo and local legend Tech N9ne. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
RANT SPORTS – As Super Bowl LIX Beckons, Football Fans Gravitate to Key Stats and Storylines
On February 9, 2025, the NFC and AFC Conference Champions will meet at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, for Super Bowl LIX. Football fans have been piling into the action all season to make their picks and predictions for the winner.
As Super Bowl Sunday beckons, there will be a tsunami of interest in the many different forms of football betting. Last year, the Super Bowl set records for American wagering, with some $23 billion bet. This year, seeing the popularity of the big game, platforms are going all out to appeal to this mass of betting interest.
So, there are plenty of offers bouncing around and unique ways to bet on the outcomes of Super Bowl LIX. Keep reading to explore these novel options and discover some stats to keep in mind for the potential Super Bowl contenders this year.
A Diverse Landscape for Super Bowl Fans
Every year, betting lines light up with a whole range of quirky selections. For the Super Bowl, prop markets are always a point of interest – and not just for the player lines. The length of the national anthem, style of the halftime performer’s attire, and the color of the winning team’s Gatorade douse are all in the odds.
In daily fantasy sports betting, the lines can also see a bit more variation. With some platforms, you’ll be able to bundle in these once-a-year kind of props. Many will also offer boosts on certain players hitting or missing their under-over lines. Others are adapting the formula entirely for the big game.
At Sleeper, the emphasis is on collaborating with your squad to make top fantasy picks. You’ll all get to select the DFS player lines that you think will happen, bundle them into a picks list, and watch the stats move in real time. With the Super Bowl fast approaching, savvy DFS teams will be claiming a Sleeper promo for NFL betting like this.
With the offer, each player will get a $55 bonus cash offer after playing $5. So, naturally, many teams will open an account, make the $10 deposit, play $5 on an upcoming game of the NFL, NBA, or anything else, and then get their 11 $5 bonus wagers to use on the big game.
What to Keep in Mind for the Super Bowl
On the NFC side, coming into the Conference Championships, Jayden Daniels absolutely had the upper hand on the Eagles’ QB, who’d suffered a concussion and then a leg injury. However, the Philadelphia defense ranked as the best in the NFL by quite some margin, only allowing 278.4 yards on average. It was Philadelphia that romped to an easy 55-23 victory.
Over in AFC territory, the Super Bowl machine that are the Kansas City Chiefs might have a shot at history with the unheard-of three-peat, after their 32-29 win over the Bills. There’s also Travis Kelce’s shot at unseating one of Jerry Rice’s long-standing records. With just three receptions in the big game, Kelce would overtake Rice’s haul of 33 takes at the Super Bowl.
Super Bowl LIX promises to be a fascinating game, with a second matchup of these two teams in three years. That contest came down to the final seconds, but who will win this one?
The bigger question here is, where will fans be placing their bets for the colossal event?
William Byron (24) and Kyle Busch (18) race into turn one during the NASCAR Cup series auto race in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
RANT SPORTS – NASCAR likes to open with a short track exhibition
A week before heading to Daytona for the 2025 NASCAR season, they will kick off the year with an exhibition race on Saturday night under the lights. The event, known as The Cookout will take place at Bowman Gray Stadium, a NASCAR-sanctioned quarter-mile asphalt flat oval short track and a historic football stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The race, also known as The Clash, will mark the debut for several new drivers. Two of the top young talents making their NASCAR Cup Series debuts are Tim Brown for Rick Racing and Burt Myers for Team Amerivet.
This race also features the Front Row Motorsports debut for Noah Gragson and the return of Zane Smith that team. Additionally, Todd Gilliland will be driving the flagship No. 38 after three seasons in the No. 34. Furthermore, Josh Berry iin the iconic Wood Brothers No. 21 Ford.
Some familiar names with new and full season rides
AJ Allmendinger has returned to Kaulig Racing full-time, while Riley Herbst has joined 23XI Racing. Cole Custer is back now full time at the Haas Factory Team. Cody Ware is also time in the family-owned No. 51.
Ryan Preece is debuting for RFK Racing and Michael McDowell has moved to Spire Motorsports. Shane Van Gisbergen is racing full-time in Cup for Trackhouse Racing
Here is the full list of cars the teams
1 | Ross Chastain | Phil Surgen | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet
2 | Austin Cindric | Brian Wilson | Team Penske | Ford
3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Boswell | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet
4 | Noah Gragson | Drew Blickensderfer | Front Row Motorsports | Ford
24 | William Byron | Rudy Fugle | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet
34 | Todd Gilliland | Chris Lawson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford
35 | Riley Herbst | Davin Restivo | 23XI Racing | Toyota
38 | Zane Smith | Ryan Bergentry | Front Row Motorsports | Ford
41 | Cole Custer | Aaron Kramer | Haas Factory Team | Ford
42| John Hunter Nemechek | Travis Mack | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota
43| Erik Jones | Ben Beshore | Legacy Motor Club | Toyot
45 | Tyler Reddick | Billy Scott | 23XI Racing | Toyota
47| Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Mike Kelley | HYAK Racing | Ford
48| Alex Bowman | Blake Harris | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet
50 | Burt Myers | Tony Eury Jr. | Team Amerivet | Chevrolet
51 | Justin Haley | Billy Plourde |Rick Ware Racing | Ford
54 | Ty Gibbs | Tyler Allen | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
60 | Ryan Preece | Derrick Finley | RFK Racing | Ford
66 | Garrett Smithley | Carl Long | Garage 66 | Ford
71 | Michael McDowell | Travis Peterson | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet
77 | Carson Hocevar | Luke Lambert | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet
88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Stephen Doran | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet
99 | Daniel Suarez | Matt Swiderski | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet
Where to watch and listen to the race
Practice and qualifying is set for 6:10 on FS1 and heat races are set for 8:30 on FS1. The last chance race is set for 6 p.m. on Sunday on FOX and the main event is scheduled for 8 on FOX.
