Deion Sanders has 'legit' chance of coaching Cowboys but under specific conditions, Super Bowl champ says

Deion Sanders seemed to shoo distant immoderate chatter of him coaching the Dallas Cowboys, but 1 of his erstwhile teammates is not buying it conscionable yet.

The Pro Football Hall of Famer, who presently coaches astatine the University of Colorado, each but confirmed reports that helium and Jerry Jones person had dialog astir the unfastened presumption successful Dallas.

Sanders told ESPN the accidental is "intriguing. But I emotion Boulder and everything determination is astir our team, the coaches, our pupil assemblage and the community."

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However, Sanders' erstwhile teammate, Daryl Johnston, said the chances of him heading to the Lone Star State are "legit."

It is not arsenic casual arsenic it sounds, considering Sanders said past week that helium would lone see coaching successful the NFL if helium were to squad up with his sons.

"I deliberation if Deion is going to travel here, due to the fact that helium seems to person his program successful spot - helium would emotion to manager his son, Shedeur, successful the NFL. I don’t cognize if that happens successful Dallas," Johnston told OutKick's "Hot Mic." "It’s gonna instrumentality a batch of antithetic things to happen."

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Johnston besides mentioned thing alternatively important - they already person Dak Prescott.

"To me, it would not beryllium a astute happening to do. I deliberation you person to person that speech up beforehand and spell ‘Listen, I cognize what your program is, but we conscionable don’t spot that moving out. So if you’re gonna travel here, we truly don’t spot however Shedeur is gonna beryllium a portion of this travel moving forward,'" Johnston said. "You gotta get each that talked about. I conscionable deliberation it’s not bully for the franchise moving guardant to effort to marque a determination that puts you successful a presumption to bring successful Shedeur arsenic your backmost erstwhile you’ve got Dak Prescott."

Shedeur, of course, could precise good beryllium the No. 1 prime successful the NFL Draft, portion Dallas presently owns the 12th spot.

Deion Sanders played for the Cowboys from 1995 to 1999. He was a portion of the organization’s past Super Bowl tally – successful 1995. He was a Pro Bowler successful 4 of those 5 seasons.

The Cowboys parted ways with Mike McCarthy earlier Monday aft 5 seasons.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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