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Todd Archer
Frisco, Texas – From Tom Landry to Brian Schottenheimer.
Schottenheimer was appointed 10th coach of the Dallas Cowboys Friday and the ninth of the mandate of Jerry Jones as owner and managing director, joining the Landry renowned temple, Jimmy Johnson and Bill Parcels among the team coaches.
Schottenheimer replaces Mike McCarthy, who had 49-35 in the regular season and 1-3 in five-seasons playoffs with the cowboys.
McCarthy was hired to pass the cowboys on the proverbial bump, but Dallas has the longest NFC championship match at the conference at 29 years old with the Washington Commanders Arrive at the title match this season.
The cowboys will turn to a first head coach in the hope of bringing back the sixth trophy of the Franchise Super Bowl – and fourth sous Jones – in Dallas.
The research that conducted Jones in Schotenheimer, 51, did not include renowned interviews, although he had a discussion with the temple of renown Deion Sanders, the head coach of the University of Colorado. Cowboys interviewed Philadelphia Eagles The attacking coordinator Kellen Moore, former New York Jets Head coach Robert Saleh and Seattle Seahawks Assistant head coach Leslie Frazier.
By looking more closely, the journalist of the Cowboys, Todd Archer, answers four big questions about hiring, including what comes next. National journalist Jeremy Fowler expresses what he hears on hiring, and the project analyst Matt Miller turns him towards the project. Finally, analyst Ben Solak notes the rental.
What is Schottenheimer’s coaching background?
He is the child of a coach. His father, Marty, was head coach in Cleveland, Kansas City, Washington and San Diego. Marty’s 200 victories are the seventh more in the history of the NFL, and he took the Browns and the chefs to three AFC championship games.
Brian has been an assistant coach of the NFL for 24 years, serving 14 of these years as an offensive coordinator, including the last two with the Cowboys, although he did not call games. It was the game game for the New York Jets (2006 to 2011), Rams (2012-2014) and Seahawks (2018-2020).
He is more known as a racing coordinator, but in his three years with the Seahawks, Russell Wilson launched 106 passes of touch with 25 interceptions. He also called games for the last four games of the 2021 season, when he was the coordinator of the passing game with the Jacksonville Jaguars After the Urban Meyer dismissal. – Archer
Why did Schottenhe get the post of Moore and Sanders?
If Sanders never really interviewed for the position, was he really a candidate? According to sources, Moore did well during his virtual meeting with the club. Perhaps the timing harms its candidacy because the Eagles remain alive in the playoffs.
But Schottenheimer had a quarter in a quarter Dak Prescott. The two have a good relationship, and according to the people of the team and around the team, Prescott likes the creativity of Schottenheimer. After a slow start offensively in 2023, some were that Schottenheimer played a role in the schematic changes that led the offensive to take off in the last 13 weeks of the season, even if the former coach Mike McCarthy called the pieces.
It is difficult to reduce familiarity. Despite being there for only three seasons, Schottenheimer has developed good relations with each part of the organization. And it is difficult to reduce the cost. Although we do not know what he will do, Jones is not a big fan of paying the best money to the coaches or having a large staff. – Archer
Will he bring a new coach staff?
The easy answer is yes because all of the 2024 coaches staff are no longer under contract. The special team coordinator, John Fassel, has already gone to Titans du Tennessee. Some assistants have been informed that they will not come back, but Cowboys would like to keep some, such as the tight end coach Lunda Wells, who could be a candidate to train the offensive line.
The defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer was not engaged in the subject of his future at the end of the season, but there are those of the organization who believe that he could have been trained. Former Bears Matt Eberflus head coach is a main candidate for the defensive coordinator, sources told Fowler. Eberflus was a cowboys assistant from 2011 to 2017.
Since Schottenheimer was with nine different organizations, he has known many people in the league. – Archer
Will the list of 2025 cowboys be good enough to face a super bowl?
Jerry Jones will say it at one point, but it is a list that needs work on both sides of the ball after an end of 7-10 in 2024. The cowboys underwent a certain number of injuries to key players, but this is not the only reason they have finished so badly. Even when the list was in good health, the team had trouble.
But the bones of the list are good enough to compete with Prescott, Wr Ceedee lambKg Micah ParsonsG Tyler Smith and CB Daron Bland. Cowboys have key players that come out of end -of -season surgeries at CB Trevon Diggs and lb Demarvion exceeds. They have young players like G Cooper BeebeLt Tyler Guyton and DT Mazi Smith who played significant shots in 2024 and will have to be better in 2025. And they will have to keep the key artists who are ready to become free agents like CB Jourdan Lewis and DT Osa OdightawaWhile adding players in free agency. – Archer
What do you mean around the league on hiring?
The coaches, the leaders and the people of the industry to whom I spoke were shocked that Schottenheimer reached the top of the list of Jerry Jones above the apparently more qualified candidates. The offensive coordinator of Eagles, Kellen Moore, a former cowboys player and the former OC in Dallas, would have coveted work. There is a surprise in the league circles that Dallas did not wait to explore this possibility more fully.
That said, there are reasons mentioned by sources around the League on the reasons why a mandate from Schottenheimer can succeed. It will bring the continuity of the offense and a level of comfort with Prescott – there is a belief within the league that Prescott pleaded for Schottenhe.
The people of the league believe that Schottenhemer can bring together a good staff, including potentially eberflus as DC. Schottenheimer has long been and has seen a lot – he may not have the name of cache of some of the people mentioned as possibilities for work, but he also projects as someone who can provide a stabilizer hand for an organization that seems Attract chaos to each turn. – Fowler
What do cowboys need the first round of the draft and which could be available in 12th rank?
Everything except a quarter. Cowboys have a clear need to run with Rico Dowdle Setted to strike the free agency. They are also desperate for a Ceedee lamb in front of WR2 and could meet the needs at close end, on the edge in front of Micah Parsons, a defensive tackle or an offensive guard. Cowboys have a lot of holes, but that gives them options.
Boisse State Running Back Ashton Jeanty It would be a quick solution for the racing game if it is available. Jeanty rushed to 2,601 yards and 29 hit last season, leading the FBS in the two categories. He is probably the best classified player in the table (he is n ° 6 in my ranking) when Dallas appears, but the cowboys want players throughout the offensive. If Dallas decides to wait at Running Back because of the depth to the position, the broad receiver of the Missouri Luther Burden III or Penn State End Tyler Warren could contribute immediately. – Miller
How do you notify this rental?
C. What was the point of going from McCarthy to promote its attacking coordinator? Something will change schematically with another branch off the west coast tree? Is the management of the game supposed to improve with a first head coach?
I am sure that Schottenheimer has new ideas and can modernize in some respects, but there is a reason why he was an offensive coordinator for life. Schottenheimer is not considered a candidate for chief training who pushes the border. – Solelak