Cowboys expected to interview former Jets coach Robert Saleh

The NFL is the ultimate reality TV show. And the Cowboys are the ultimate NFL reality show.

First episode for 2025: What’s going on with Mike McCarthy? Episode two: Prime Time!

Episode three: The search begins.

Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the Cowboys are should interview former Jets coach Robert Saleh.

This is the first official name to emerge in the search for McCarthy’s successor.

And there will probably be more than a few Cowboys interviews, if only to keep the reality show going for as many episodes as possible.

Saleh’s interview also counts as the first of two required in-person interviews with minority candidates. Twenty-two years ago, the Cowboys sparked a change in the new Rooney Rule by conducting a perfunctory phone interview with Dennis Green, before inevitably hiring Bill Parcells. The league later changed the rule to require interviews to take place with both parties in the same room.

Saleh is on the radar screen of the Jaguars and Raiders. He is also expected to be in the running for several defensive coordinator positions.