Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has reached out to former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The talk was said to be informal, but "the interest is legitimate enough to be reported," beat writer Nick Harris writes.

The Cowboys have spent the past few days in conversations with offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer. Jones reportedly had an informal conversation with Colorado coach Deion Sanders at the beginning of the search, and the organization has officially interviewed Kellen Moore, Robert Saleh and Robert Frazier for the open head coaching position.