Ryan Clark, Jason Kelce react to talks between Deion Sanders, Dallas Cowboys

News that Deion Sanders and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones have discussed the Dallas head coaching vacancy went viral on social media on Monday.

Reactions from across the college football and NFL worlds have since made the rounds. Ryan Clark and Jason Kelce, who hosted Monday Night Countdown and the halftime show for the wild card matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings, shared their opinions on the potential fit for a Coach Prime return to Dallas.

“I said this after last season,” Clark told Kelce and his colleagues at halftime. “I thought that they’d draft a little bit earlier and get Shedeur Sanders. But I thought that Deion Sanders could be a candidate to replace Mike McCarthy. He has the cache and he has the name. He understands what it’s like to be in that building.”

For Kelce, he is completely on board if the two sides come to an agreement.

“You want to talk about Prime Time? Oh my gosh. America’s football team in Prime Time — that’s going to be a fun thing to watch.”

Sanders played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1995 through 1999 and won Super Bowl XXX with the Cowboys in 1996.

In the past decade, Sanders has turned his attention toward the coaching scene and became a first-time college football head coach at Jackson State in 2020. During his time there, his success on the field and in the recruiting game was well-documented as Sanders led Jackson State to a 27−6 record during his time here.

He made the jump to become head coach at Colorado ahead of the 2023 season, bringing with him his two sons Shedeur and Shilo, as well as Travis Hunter who went on to win the Heismany Trophy in 2024. Both of his sons are also leaving college for the NFL, so the timing of him guaging interest in making a jump to the NFL head coaching ranks makes sense.

Sanders recently said that he would consider taking an NFL head coaching job if he was able to coach both Shedeur and Shilo at the next level, at the same time and on the same team.

Whether that ends up being the case remains to be seen, but is an interesting situation to monitor if Coach Prime does become the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.