Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones shot down an NFL Network report that the team had an “affinity” for Oklahoma Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley as a possible replacement for head coach Jason Garrett.
And said the report that the Cowboys contemplated firing offensive coordinator Scott Linehan during the bye was false.
“That is completely false,” Jones said on his radio show on 105.3 The Fan. “I was never a discussion. Never a thought on my part. That didn’t happen. We never contemplated Scott not calling the players or doing something different with Scott.