Jerry Jones and Mike McCarthy sat down to talk Tuesday. Later in the day, the Cowboys denied Chicago’s request to interview McCarthy for its head coaching vacancy. The two are related, based on what two people with knowledge of the impending discussions told The Dallas Morning News after the Bears made their request.

The Dallas Cowboys have yet to make a decision on head coach Mike McCarthy's future. But that hasn't stopped the franchise from potentially stunting McCarthy's future.

Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones once searched around every corner and discovered a football genius who was too young, too new and completely unknown to the Cowboys. Is Jerry capable of doing it again?