‘We will do that’ – Brian Schottenheimer offers some hope following loss to Broncos that puts Cowboys in dangerous territory
Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer refuses to point fingers.
First-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer is learning a tough part of the job as his Dallas Cowboys fall to a 3-4-1 record following a Week 8 loss to the Denver Broncos: Answering questions about a season going south.
Following Sunday’s game, Schottenheimer was asked if he was frustrated with the inconsistent results. While admitting it did both he and his team, the Cowboys head coach offered fans some hope by commenting on the team’s approach to fixing clear and obvious problems.
“(ESPN’s Todd Archer) asked the question ‘Why do you think you’re a good football team?’ Well, I think we have talent,” Schottenheimer said. “We have weapons. We can score against anybody in the league. We’ve showed people we can play good run defense and we can do those things. I’d be lying if I said you don’t get frustrated. We’re better than that, but we didn’t play good today. You don’t get on the plane and not turn on your iPad, and you don’t start pointing fingers at everybody else and say, ‘Oh, that’s (Cowboys offensive coordinator) Klayton Adams’ fault.’ No. That’s (expletive). That starts with me. And the coordinators and players have to do their part, and we will do that.”
Schottenheimer’s message is the one his team needs to hear. The Cowboys are running out of room heading into Week 9, especially with a tough stretch of games peeking its head in the horizon. However, his words of hope are tough to buy into with the way the defense is playing.
Schottenheimer’s stance is the right one but he’s wrong about one thing
The Cowboys offense isn’t perfect. For starters, it could use better offensive tackles in pass protection. But I will give it to Schottenheimer: The offense can score points against anybody in the NFL when they’re clicking.
However, I’m not sure it’s true the Cowboys can play good defense. At this point, the defensive issues have been so bad that I don’t believe a trade or two even fix it. It starts with looking in the mirror or as Schottenheimer said, on film. But the problem? The team’s biggest problems were born in the offseason when the front office refused to pay DeMarcus Lawrence, Jourdan Lewis, among others. It grew when it brought in three former first-rounders that failed to meet expectations in previous teams and asked them to start. That includes starting middle linebacker Kenneth Murray and cornerback Kaiir Elam. It was made even worse when the Cowboys moved on from Micah Parsons.
The Cowboys may have talent on offense. On defense, they don’t. And it sure looks like it will cost Dallas the season. Even if Schotty doesn’t want his team to point fingers, Jerry and Stephen Jones should know they should be pointed at them.
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