NFL Insider Reveals SHOCKING Update...

An NFL insider just revealed a shocking update as Bruce Arians, 74 years old, a Super Bowl ring to his credit, and now he has just told an insider that he wants back into the NFL. He told Jordan Schultz, quote, Now that I'm all healthy again, I got the itch, so we'll see. Now, within a day, Sports Illustrated said the Cowboys should have him on their list if Brian Schottenheimer gets fired at the end of the season. Dallas right now, 4-5, one and a half games back of the NFC East. But according to Jerry Jones, it looks like Schottenheimer might be done after the season should he lose and not make the postseason. Now, Friday, Jerry Jones was asked specifically about Schottenheimer and said he still likes the bet. So, Arians, is he a real name? Who's actually in the mix if Jerry changes his mind? And of course, what is the likelihood that the firing of Schottenheimer even happens? Now, Arians added, yeah, we'll see. Never say never. Now, that is a 74-year-old leaving the door open. Nobody has reported that Dallas called him, or that they planned to. But he's done this before. In 2012, he was the Colts' offensive coordinator, took over as the interim coach for 12 games while Chuck Pagano was treated for leukemia, and he went 9-3. Now, that won him AP Coach of the Year, the first interim coach ever to win it. Now, he won it again for the 2014 Arizona team after an 11-5 season with two top quarterbacks hurt. In three seasons in Tampa Bay, he went 31-18 in the regular season and won the Super Bowl in his second. Now, he left after the 2021 season with injury, back issues, Achilles injuries, heart problems. But he says those are all behind him now and resolved. Now, a coach with experience, a ring, that's exactly what the doctor ordered for the Cowboys, as Mike Merati writes for Sports Illustrated. And Schottenheimer, guess what? He had neither of those when Dallas hired him. The next part of this case is that he's a great offensive mind, and offense is what Dallas does best. The case also wants discipline, and it points at Overshawn, the penalty that he had this week that Jerry was asked about. Now, the age is a problem. Of course, he could retire in a few years. But, of course, the column says that it doesn't matter. The Cowboys, they're in win-now mode right now. Now, he likely would not call the plays himself. The column says that he would hire an offensive coordinator who shares his vision. So, in this situation, Clayton Adams is probably out as well. But that is the whole case. A ring, disciplined, and an offensive mind. Well, let's hold on to that offensive mind part because it matters in a few minutes. Now, remember how Schottenheimer got the job. Jerry and Mike McCarthy parted ways on January 13th of 2025 after McCarthy's contract ran out following five seasons. McCarthy went 12-5 in 2021, 2022, and 2023, then 7-10 in 2024. Jerry promoted his offensive coordinator, the 10th head coach in franchise history, and put him on a four-year deal. Now, Jerry, he called it a risk, but not a Hail Mary. Now the Friday quote. Jerry said, Brian will be a year from now, two years from now, three years from now, he'll be much more prepared for the kinds of challenges a head coach has. He also said you pay a price when you are doing it for the first time. Now it's a hedge. After the Arizona lost on November 1st, he said that's not in his mind at the time when it comes to firing Schottenheimer. But it was a bad loss, 33-30 in overtime. Dallas led 14-3 at the end of the half, and they got outscored 20-13 in the fourth quarter alone. And a lot of that was because the offense seemingly was kind of putting on the cruise control at the end of the game. Now Schottenheimer, he called it a tale of two halves for sure. Of course, the trade deadline passed. There was no moves made. And he said, quote, we're confident in our roster and the fact that our best football is still ahead. I think that might be the problem is everybody in Cowboys Nation is confident in the roster, yet it's not working. Why? Well, Jerry said it in his own way on November 10th. You've got nine games that you've played. We've got eight more to go. Schottenheimer's Dallas record is 7-9-1, last year and 4-5 this year, so 11-14-1. Now that 7-9-1 came after a 7-10 year in 2024, so Dallas missed the playoffs in both of those seasons. Now here is the fair argument for Jerry because it does exist. Dallas has outscored its opponents 246-236 this season, a plus 10 point differential, and it's 4-5. And, of course, it's 2-2 in games decided by four points or fewer, a three-point loss to Baltimore, a four-point win at Houston, a three-point overtime loss to Arizona, and then most recently a four-point win versus Indianapolis. Flip either three-point loss in Dallas' 5-4. And that is what Jerry means when he says he likes the bet. The team is better than its record, and he's betting on the next eight games. Of course, the problem is, what if these eight games don't work out? It goes right back to Schottenheimer and reveals that the problem all along has been the head coach. Now quickly, would you hire Arians even if he was just for one or two years if the Cowboys do decide to fire Brian Schottenheimer? Yes or no, let me know down in the comment section. Now if Jerry never moves, none of the names matter. But before we get to them, we need to know what this team is actually missing. Because Dallas, they've scored 246 points in nine games. It's the second most in the NFL at 27.3 a game. However, it's allowed a lot, 236. It's 29th in the NFL, 26.2 a game. The offense, it's already elite The defense is the problem. But that's the hole in the Arians' case. Sports Illustrated is hiring the part of the team that already works, offense. Now, the defense is not just giving up points. It's not taking the ball away. Dallas has 17 sacks and 8 takeaways in 9 games, both in the bottom third of the NFL. Tampa Bay, who beat Dallas 24-16 in Dallas, leads the league with 21 takeaways. And the offense is a passing offense, too. 264.6 passing yards a game, 103.6 rushing yards a game, which is 21st. Dak Prescott has 2,381 passing yards and 16 touchdowns in nine games. CeeDee Lamb has 904 receiving yards, 70 catches, and 7 touchdowns. And George Pickens has 533 yards and 2 touchdowns. A Sports Illustrated headline this week says Schottenheimer had to explain Pickens' lack of snaps and targets in recent games. Now, he pointed towards injury, but there are people that say, well, I think there's also a problem with the head coach liking his own players. Now, Dallas has scored 30 or more points in five of its nine games, and it went 3-2 in them. The two losses were a 34-31 to Baltimore and 33-30 to Arizona. The offense did its job. The defense gave it right back, though. Just to be fair, the offense, they've had their bad days, and they don't finish off games well. The other three losses came when it scored 20 against the Giants, 16 at home to Tampa Bay, and then just 13 against Green Bay. But the points allowed are what separates Dallas from the top of the NFC East, and a coach who fixes that is the one who fits. Schottenheimer came up as an offensive coordinator, and that is the unit ranked second. So when Sports Illustrated says offensive mind, it is describing what Dallas already has. Speaking of offense on Kalshi right now, you can trade on Javante Williams to score a touchdown. The Cowboys, they're at 34% to win this Sunday's game versus the San Francisco 49ers. And Kalshi is, of course, our presenting sponsor. Now on Kalshi, you're trading directly against other users, not the house like a traditional sports book. 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Now, an unnamed NFL executive told Mike Sandoz of The Athletic that, quote, the problem there is that Jerry's age 84. So my thought is that's where you start to circle Mike Tomlin. Now, that is one person with no name talking about Jerry. Not a Cowboys report. Tomlin, right now, he's an NBC analyst and has said that, well, Has not at least said anything about Dallas at the moment. He reportedly makes about $10 million at NBC. Now, sports not, which is a lot to walk away from to just be an analyst. And the site called a Dallas move highly unlikely. Brian Flores is the Vikings defensive coordinator. His defense was third in the NFL last season at 282.6 yards allowed a game. And he's been fantastic this year once again. Now, he went 24 and 25 as the Dolphins head coach from 2019 to 2021. And in January, he signed an extension in Minnesota that keeps him there, unless the team, of course, hires him as a head coach. The Cowboys, they looked at him for a defensive coordinator option in January, but never reached out to interview him. Flores tops one yard Barker list that is labeled as speculation, and Sportsnet left him off its list because of his lawsuit against the NFL at the moment. Now, there's been a lot of names, too. Columnists have tossed in Sean McDermott, Kirk Cignetti, Anthony Campanile, Aidan Dirty, and Steve Spagnola. There's no reporting behind him, but names have been linked with the Cowboys. Let's look at the pattern. Flores, Campanile, Dirty, and Spagnola are all defensive coordinators. The columnists see the same hole the points allows showed. Not one of these men has reported a call from Dallas, but it's an honest update at the point that the Cowboys are certainly in a position where teams are looking and media personalities are looking at them hiring a head coach soon. So when does this actually get decided? Well, the schedule will tell you. Dallas has eight games left, five at home, and three on the road. Their opponents are a combined 34, 33, and 2 with a 5.07 winning percentage. Fairly tough, says the Sports Illustrated column, but it's actually not. It's kind of an average schedule left, to be honest. The 49ers, they're good, 7-1, but then you get two games that should be winnable at Tennessee with a 1-7 record and the Eagles that are 2-7 on Thanksgiving. The Seahawks, they're good, 5-4, and they should be better than their record. Rams, same thing, 5-4, they should be better than what their record shows. Jacksonville's the team that I'm really worried about. They're 6-2 and look like one of the best teams in the AFC. The season, however, ends with the Giants at home on January 3rd and, of course, Washington on the road on January 10th. The Giants are 5-3-1, lead the NFC East, and they beat Dallas 28-20 in the opener. Dallas is 2-1 in the division this year with a 37-20 win over Washington and a 38-21 win at Philadelphia. Each of those teams will come back around later in the season. So the cleanest way into the postseason is to win the division, and three of its last eight games are against those division rivals, Eagles, Giants, and Washington. That is why a third straight miss is not a given and why Jerry can say he likes the bet. If Dallas wins the division, the whole conversation could potentially go away. Now, if it ends with a third straight playoff miss, that's when Arians, Tomlin, Flores, they stop being in a column and they start being in a legitimate question. Now, in all of this, Arians is the guy who started it. He's the one who came on and told Jordan Schultz that he has that itch, but he's 74 years old and saying never, say never is not an interview. And he's also an offense guy, the team that already has a really good offense. Of course, when it comes to names that fit, you look towards Mike Tomlin. He's right there with Jerry, kind of seems like a be-really-good-experience level to kind of put in the job, but he's only named by one source, and it's an unnamed executive, and he right now got a $10 million NBC job. So, I mean, I wouldn't leave that. The real fit, though, is a defensive mind, and the columnists, they keep landing there. Jerry's own words say Schottenheimer gets the rest of the year. But we watch the rest of the year, including this Sunday versus the 49ers, then the Titans, and then the Eagles on Thanksgiving. So let me know in the comments section, is Schottenheimer fired after this season? Yes or no? Let me know in the comments section. We'll see you next time on the show. For now, guys, peace out.