The narratives surrounding the Dallas Cowboys' coaching search have devolved into a circus of late, distracting from the team's top priority this offseason of extending Micah Parsons.

"I would never have given Dak Prescott a new contract. I'd have let him play it out.'' - Cowboys icon Jimmy Johnson with a bit of revisionist history.

As the Dallas Cowboys work through their coaching search, a franchise legend weighed in. Jimmy Johnson addressed the looming decision for Jerry Jones, including how Dak Prescott impacts things. Johnson pointed out two “key figures” in the search to replace Mike McCarthy after he and the Cowboys parted ways this week.

A few minutes before Sunday’s wild-card matchup between Philadelphia and Green Bay kicked off, the former Cowboys coach brought up the idea of Dallas and Pittsburgh swapping head coaches in the offseason. Johnson admitted he had no “inside information” before throwing up his hypothetical.

The Fox analyst and former Cowboys Super-Bowl winning coach proposed a radical concept to help galvanize the stagnant Dallas and Pittsburgh franchises.

Exactly 32 years ago today, Jimmy Johnson unknowingly gifted the sports world with the now-iconic phrase, "How bout them Cowboys?"

Cowboys and head coach Mike McCarthy mutually agree to part ways. pic.twitter.com/5Qfvq8BbsX

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman doesn't seem to believe any head coach can succeed with Jerry Jones.

Wild: FOX's Jimmy Johnson suggests the #Steelers and #Cowboys do a coach swap to help their struggles: "How about a coaching swap? Mike McCarthy is a Pittsburgh guy. Let him go to [the Steelers]. Let Mike Tomlin go to [the Cowboys]." 🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/Tp1shlNn89

Jerry Jones once famously said 500 coaches could have won Super Bowls with those early 1990s Dallas Cowboys teams. The owner and general manager has made six hires since winning two Super Bowls with Jimmy Johnson and one with Barry Switzer. None that have followed have been able to get the Cowboys past the divisional round of the playoffs.

The Cowboys parted ways with coach Mike McCarthy after a rough season. The next candidate better be ready for what it's really like to work for Jerry Jones.

Johnson suggested that the Steelers and similarly stale Dallas Cowboys should swap Tomlin for Mike McCarthy. To shake things up. At the risk of hyperbole and with all due respect to the “Music City Miracle,” that would be one of the biggest lateral moves in NFL history.