The Oregon Ducks are no stranger to snagging elite talent from the Lone Star State but their latest recruiting offer comes with a new level of Texas-sized great

Jerry Jones faces a pivot point in choosing the next coach for the Dallas Cowboys: Will it be business as usual or will he shake up the NFL?

The Cowboys sure do love the idea of having an ex-player as their head coach. ESPN reported Monday that the Cowboys were considering 11-time Pro Bowl tight end Jason Witten, among others, to be their next head coach after Mike McCarthy was not retained.

Mike Fisher - as a newspaper beat writer and columnist and on radio and TV, where he is an Emmy winner - has covered the NFL since 1983 and the Dallas Cowboys since 1990, is the author of two best-selling books on the Cowboys.

The Cowboys have been linked as a possibility for Jason Witten to take the head coaching job. But was there a role already being discussed?

According to a report, former star tight end Jason Witten is a favorite to take over as the next Dallas Cowboys' head coach.

After Mike McCarthy's firing, the Cowboys had a household name emerge as a possible head coach candidate: TE Jason Witten.

The former Cowboys head coach also offered some words of advice to the next person stepping into the position.

Brian Schottenheimer is the current frontrunner in the Cowboys’ search for a new head coach. After two years in Dallas as offensive coordinator, and another 25 years of coordinating and assistant coaching around the NFL and in college,

The Cowboys are likely to eventually add Jason Witten to the coaching staff, an idea endorsed by DeMarcus Ware - who would also like a piece of the action here inside The Star.

Ware played for the Cowboys from 2005 to 2013 and became one of the franchise's best pass rushers. He holds team records for most career sacks (117), most forced fumbles (32) and most tackles for loss (145). Ware spent his entire Dallas tenure alongside Witten.