Deion Sanders dismissed rumors linking him to the Cowboys' head coaching job, but ESPN's Peter Burns didn't hold back, calling his decision "foolish."

The Deion Sanders-NFL rumors are at an all-time peak after Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reportedly spoke to Sanders about the team’s head coaching vacancy this week. Sanders released a statement about their conversation on Monday night in which he called the Cowboys’ job “intriguing,” but declined to say much more than that.

Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has spoken with Colorado coach Deion Sanders about Dallas' open head coach position, a source confirmed to ESPN.

As the Cowboys' courting of Deion Sanders continues, new reporting suggests that landing him in Dallas may be a top priority of the Jones Family. The Colorado coach has repeatedly said that the only thing that would interest him in making the leap to the NFL would be for the opportunity to coach

An NFL general manager once told ESPN's Adam Schefter that Deion Sanders would be the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Schefter retold the story