The narratives surrounding the Dallas Cowboys' coaching search have devolved into a circus of late, distracting from the team's top priority this offseason of extending Micah Parsons.

Dallas Cowboys legend offered a coaching trade idea that had the fans running wild on social media. However, is the idea as asinine as it may seem?

"I would never have given Dak Prescott a new contract. I'd have let him play it out.'' - Cowboys icon Jimmy Johnson with a bit of revisionist history.

A few minutes before Sunday’s wild-card matchup between Philadelphia and Green Bay kicked off, the former Cowboys coach brought up the idea of Dallas and Pittsburgh swapping head coaches in the offseason. Johnson admitted he had no “inside information” before throwing up his hypothetical.

The Fox analyst and former Cowboys Super-Bowl winning coach proposed a radical concept to help galvanize the stagnant Dallas and Pittsburgh franchises.

Cowboys and head coach Mike McCarthy mutually agree to part ways. pic.twitter.com/5Qfvq8BbsX

Exactly 32 years ago today, Jimmy Johnson unknowingly gifted the sports world with the now-iconic phrase, "How bout them Cowboys?"

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman doesn't seem to believe any head coach can succeed with Jerry Jones.

The next Cowboys head coach will be the 10th in team history, and the ninth under Jerry Jones's employ. So, who wants this job? And who does Jerry want?

Wild: FOX's Jimmy Johnson suggests the #Steelers and #Cowboys do a coach swap to help their struggles: "How about a coaching swap? Mike McCarthy is a Pittsburgh guy. Let him go to [the Steelers]. Let Mike Tomlin go to [the Cowboys]." 🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/Tp1shlNn89

Aikman admitted that he believed McCarthy would be back, and he indicated that the decision to let McCarthy go exposes issues in the organization. The ESPN analyst particularly criticized the Cowboys for letting a week pass before starting their head coach search, as other teams with openings are already well into their searches.

Jerry Jones once famously said 500 coaches could have won Super Bowls with those early 1990s Dallas Cowboys teams. The owner and general manager has made six hires since winning two Super Bowls with Jimmy Johnson and one with Barry Switzer. None that have followed have been able to get the Cowboys past the divisional round of the playoffs.