** FILE ** Then-Buffalo Bills coach Wade Phillips watches the action against the Cincinnati Bengals during the fourth quarter of a preseason game at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., in this August 4, 2000 file photo. Phillips appeared set to become the coach of the Dallas Cowboys, according to several reports. Despite a Cowboys spokesman saying Thursday Feb. 8, 2007 the job hadn't been filled, there were several reports that Phillips was to succeed Bill Parcells, who retired Jan. 22. (AP Photo/Don Heupel, File)