Deion Sanders gives surprising take on potentially working for Jerry Jones

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is known around the league as an owner who creates deep bonds with the players who suit up for him. And one of those former players, Jackson state head coach Deion Sanders, came to his former boss defense on an episode of the Dan Le Batard Show.

During the interview, one of the hosts cracks a joke about how difficult it would be for Sanders to coach under Jones. The former Cowboy and Pro Football Hall of Famer wasted little time shooting down those claims.

“Jerry wants to win man. One thing you guys gotta understand, the media can say what it wants to. Have you ever heard of players say anything derogatory or negative about Jerry Jones, that played for Jerry? Jerry ain’t, he’s not the way you paint him; the way people paint him. Jerry wants to win at all costs and he’s going to do whatever he can to ensure that. So, the people that disagree with him I don’t understand, they don’t understand football,” said Sanders.

But it is not just players who are on the Cowboys Jones has offered an olive branch to. Jones has helped players not on the Dallas roster when he first reached out to help; as Sanders later explained in this story.

“I was once sitting at home and saw Alonzo Spellman going through trials and tribulations early on in his career. And I remember calling Jerry saying I could help that dude. Jerry sent a plane and go got that dude the next day man. And then, within a week he was signed to the Dallas Cowboys, got in the necessary help he needed off the field and he was very productive, prolonging his career. So, that’s the Jerry I know. You know the cat that everyone paints a certain picture I don’t know that Jerry.”

Sanders reveals the three schools he interviewed with

NFL legend and current Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders joined the Dan Le Batard Show last week and revealed the three Power Five teams he interviewed for before landing his game-changing job with the Tigers: Florida State, Arkansas and TCU.

“I interviewed for, I think, three Power 5 jobs, and I should have got them,” Sanders said. “I was very, very, very good if I may say in the interviews, I balled. One of the interviews I was so darn good, the guy asked me could I start? When could I start? At the conclusion of the interview, I’m not lying, [they asked], ‘when could you really start?’”

Sanders wouldn’t comment on which team ask him to start right away. “I can’t give you that. I gave you some juice man, come on,” he said to Le Batard with a laugh.

Judging by the current declining state of Florida State’s football program since their undefeated national championship run in 2013 under Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston and Jimbo Fisher, a switch to Coach Prime wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility. Since going 14-0 in 2013, the Seminoles final record has declined in almost every season until 2021, when they improved on their 3-6 record in 2020 to a 5-7 record last season.