If Urban Meyer returns to the sideline, most believe he'll do so at an elite-level job within the college ranks.

But that won't necessarily be the case.

Bleacher Report NFL insider Mike Freeman reports Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones could try and lure Meyer out of retirement to try his hand in the NFL with a complete roster of budding talent.

There's "increasing belief", according to Freeman, that Jones will part ways with head coach Jason Garrett if the Cowboys don't win the Super Bowl this season and that his two preferred choices would be Meyer or Josh McDaniels.

"Meyer would be a Jones kind of hire," Freeman writes. "He's high-profile, known as a football savant, and to Jones he'd bring instant credibility to the job. He'd also be a risky choice. He's never been a head coach in the NFL, and getting respect from a professional locker room is a vastly different enterprise than getting respect in a college one."

Jones was quoted by NFL.com on Wednesday that the time is now for the Cowboys (6-5) to get it going.

"The bottom line is we get graded. I’m in business," Jones said. "I don’t have to win the Super Bowl in business every year. I can come in sixth and have a hell of a year. But in this case, you’ve got to come in first. You’ve got to come in first. So fundamentally, you’ve asked for something that’s a very narrow window to begin with. I want Jason to get it done.”

Jones was openly critical of Garrett and his coaching staff earlier this week following Sunday's disappointing loss to New England.

Garrett, who's in the final season of a five-year deal worth $30 million, elected to kick a 29-yard field goal on 4th-and-7 from New England's 11-yard line midway through the fourth quarter and it came back to haunt the Cowboys. Jones called the loss a "significant setback" for the team and pinpointed the Cowboys' struggles on special teams as a direct factor in the loss.

“I think you’re going to get out-coached during this era when you come to New England,” Jones said. “There’s no question that [Bill Belichick] saw the ball was going to be hard to handle. There’s no question he put pressure on the people returning the kicks and the people handling the ball on special teams.

"There’s no question that he used that to really put some special emphasis on it. So, yeah, I’m frustrated.”

Former Cowboys quarterback and FOX Sports analyst Troy Aikman slammed the team's effort on special teams, as did many who pointed the finger at special teams coordinator Keith O’Quinn.

All of the Cowboys' six victories have come against competition with sub .500 records.