Deion Sanders and Jason Witten are two of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' former — and favorite — players, and both have been floated as potential replacements for coach Mike McCarthy.

The Dallas Cowboys are considering former tight end Jason Witten as a possible candidate for the vacant head coach position, with other names also in the mix.

There are assistants who have been head coaches before, like Kliff Kingsbury and Brian Flores. There are former Cowboys assistants like Kellen Moore and Wes Phillips, and Al Harris could emerge as a dark horse candidate, and that’s before the young gun coordinators like Ben Johnson, Bobby Slowik, Joe Brady and others are even mentioned.