Stephen A. Smith has embraced needling the Dallas Cowboys and their fans as a recurring bit and the franchise has provided him ample opportunity to do so in recent years. The face of ESPN pushed quite hard for the Cowboys to hire Deion Sanders but Jerry Jones instead opted to go the very boring route with Brian Schottenheimer.

Stephen A. Smith was on ‘First Take,’ criticizing Jerry Jones’ hiring of Brian Schottenehimer as Dallas Cowboys head coach.

Jones has been making mistakes left, right, and center lately. His most recent head coaching hire, Brian Schottenheimer, was not well-received by the greater NFL world, but especially not by the Cowboys faithful, as Dominique Foxworth pointed out.

Stephen A. Smith calls out Jerry Jones after the Cowboys settled on Brian Schottenheimer to be the team's new head coach.

Deion Sanders is still the head coach at Colorado. He could be conceivably persuaded to coach the Dallas Cowboys, who need a new leader after parting with Mike McCarthy. That is, if the Cowboys want to do that.

The Dallas Cowboys hosted the introductory press conference for newly appointed head coach Brian Schottenheimer, but several comments from Stephen and Jerry Jones were sour notes.

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith believes Deion Sanders will become the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys if Jerry Jones offers him the job.

The team announced Friday night that former offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer will be the tenth head coach in Cowboys history.

An optimistic Brian Schottenheimer, 51, introduced as coach of the Dallas Cowboys on Monday, told reporters "the objective and the main thing is we want to win the Super Bowl," and he told ESPN's Todd Archer that he believes the club can win "quickly.

Stephen A. Smith offered up an answer that might apply ... But I really don't think it's about that. It's about the Dallas Cowboys giving you a sense that they're moving in a forward direction ...

Stephen A. Smith cites his relationship with ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro as big reason for staying at the network.

Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones (left) executive vice president Stephen Jones watch the teams warm up before an NFL Wild Card playoff football game at AT&T Stadium against the ...