As Dallas Cowboys fans nervously wait for more updates in the head coaching search, they're largely hoping that someone - specifically Colorado head coach and Cowboys alum Deion Sanders - winds up with the job rather than offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer.

The Dallas Cowboys coaching search has continued into Friday afternoon, despite there being a lot of buzz about Cowboys offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer being in a strong position to land the job.

On Monday night, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter named two former Cowboys players who could be in the hunt for the job in Big D. They fit a route owner Jerry Jones has gone before with former head coach Jason Garrett.

The Dallas Cowboys are going with an in-house candidate to replace head coach Mike McCarthy. They are hiring offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer for that role.

The Dallas Cowboys are one of two teams that don't have a head coach right now. They parted ways with Mike McCarthy on January 13 and have been interviewing candidates over the last week, including offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer.

The Deion Sanders-NFL rumors are at an all-time peak after Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reportedly spoke to Sanders about the team’s head coaching vacancy this week. Sanders released a statement about their conversation on Monday night in which he called the Cowboys’ job “intriguing,” but declined to say much more than that.