Wade Phillips could be gone after this season in Dallas

This is not a make-or-break season for coach Wade Phillips, though I happen to think it's his last season wrote Dallas Morning News columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor. He'll either take this team loaded with talent and win the Super Bowl and ride off into the sunset afterward. Or the Dallas Cowboys will fall short of their goal, and Jerry Jones will give him a golden parachute to leave so he can promote Jason Garrett.

The Cowboys' offensive coordinator, the NFL's highest-paid assistant coach, turned down head coaching jobs in Atlanta and Baltimore last season. It's hard to believe he would turn down the opportunities he's sure to get at the end of this season, provided the Cowboys have the high-powered offense everyone anticipates.

This is not so much a knock on Wade as it is a reality of the situation. Jerry eventually wants Garrett to be the head coach, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's better for Wade to leave a year or two early than for Jerry to lose out on Garrett, if he truly thinks the Cowboys' offensive coordinator will be a terrific head coach.

Source: Dallas Morning News