Bill Belichick to the Cowboys? Dallas emerges as a potential landing spot amid NFL return speculation

Dallas sits at 2-4, and a Monday radio segment has already linked Bill Belichick to the Cowboys job. The Packers beat Dallas 23-13 on Sunday, which dropped Brian Schottenheimer to 9-13-1 as a head coach. Belichick, let go by the Patriots after the 2023 season, owns six Super Bowl rings. Former Cowboys scout Bryan Broaddus raised the idea on 105.3 The Fan, pointing to Belichick’s 4-2 start at North Carolina. Stephen Jones, meanwhile, said the team still backs Schottenheimer. Nothing suggests a change is close. For now, this is talk, not a plan.Bill Belichick’s case for the Cowboys jobThe résumé gap is the whole point. Belichick has 333 NFL wins as a head coach. The Patriots let him go after 2023, and he has since begun turning around a wayward North Carolina program. Schottenheimer had never been a head coach when Dallas promoted him from offensive coordinator to replace Mike McCarthy before the 2025 season. Talk of a Belichick pursuit existed back then too, but it never turned into anything real.Broaddus said, “Belichick has actually got North Carolina playing well.” He then wondered if that was Belichick’s road back to the NFL. The Tar Heels are 4-2.The station’s Gavin Dawson called Belichick the best-case scenario for Cowboys fans if Dallas ever moved on from Schottenheimer. The Joneses have long admired him, and Dawson said Belichick matches the criteria Jerry Jones wants in a hire. He did not wave away the doubts, though. Dawson worried Belichick might be outdated and brought up the strange bits he ran with his Patriots staff near the end. Then he gave the counterpoint. Belichick is getting results.Why Dallas is unlikely to make the callA longshot is the kind word for it. Dallas is 2-4, yes, and Schottenheimer’s 9-13-1 record is thin for a franchise that expects playoff runs. But a bad October is not a firing, and the front office is saying so.Stephen Jones gave no sign of wavering on Monday. Asked whether the team still stands behind Schottenheimer, he said absolutely. He added that he and Jerry feel good about the coaching staff, which still has to evolve before the wins arrive.Belichick’s own situation is messy too. His UNC program has dealt with scandals and resignations in his first two years, so any NFL team calling him would be weighing baggage along with the wins. And there is the matter of control. Belichick had the last word on football decisions in New England, and Jerry Jones has always kept it in Dallas. The station itself asked on X whether Belichick could work under Jones. That may be a bigger obstacle than any record.A change would have to come first, and Jones’s words point the other way. Until then, Belichick to Dallas stays a radio topic.Stay updated with the latest Asian Games 2026 news, check the Asian Games medal tally and complete Asian Games schedule.Get the latest Sports News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.