Old habits die hard. These 4 words perfectly describe the Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Despite having all the money, he doesn’t like spending money on the coaches. This proved to be right when they wanted a head coach. There were reports that he was talking to Pete Carroll, Deion Sanders, and Kellen Moore, but ultimately settled on Brian Schottenheimer, his offensive coordinator. Fans were miffed. The NFL community was shocked. But wait, there’s more in Pandora’s box for you.

NFL insider Tom Pelissero made a bombshell revelation on the January 31 episode of the Rich Eisen Show. While talking about the changes at the America’s Team, he revealed, “The more that I talked to people who had been around that building. The more they said, people on the outside might be shocked, but inside it’s not because Jerry didn’t actually want to change anything. He wanted to keep the same offense. He wanted to continue the same culture he liked.” That seems to be true.

The insider acknowledged those factors that helped the offensive coordinator. The first is the mutual liking between the OC and Dak Prescott. Jerry Jones is seeing a long-term future with his quarterback, whom he signed for a whopping $240 million extension, at least for the next 3-4 years. And Schottenheimer has already been there for 3 years.

The second factor was Mike McCarthy’s insistence on a 5-year contract when the owner wanted him to sign him up for 3 years. But wait, there’s more to this. It’s not a straightforward task for any head coach to stay away from the spotlight that belongs to Jones at the Cowboys. That’s a challenge in itself. But the OC knows the culture already.

However, the new HC has impressed the owner enough to bring in some reinforcements. It may be the first step to a bright future.

Jerry Jones brings in a new planner for the offense

This year, the 7-10 win-loss record can be pinned on the Cowboys’ inability to score points. In 17 games this regular season, they only scored 30 or more points thrice. Hence, when the OC became the new head coach, he started by revamping the offense.

As per Adam Schefter’s tweet on Jan 31, the Cowboys are hiring Cardinals’ offensive line coach Klayton Adams as their offensive coordinator, per source. Adams now will be paired with Matt Eberflus as the two new Cowboys coordinators under head coach Brian Schottenheimer.

After hiring Bears HC Eberflus as defensive coordinator, everyone believed the position was secure. But Jerry Jones is known to throw surprises. In the two seasons with the Cardinals, Adams had a 12-22 record. His win percentage in his six-year career as coach is 43.5%. Doesn’t seem impressive though. Talking about playoffs, Adams managed to reach there just once, and that was in the 2020 season when he worked as an assistant offensive line coach. The appointment of Schottenheimer drew flak from the fans, and this one isn’t exciting either.

While the new HC has been working in the shadows, everyone is excited to see how they perform in 2025. The Cowboys haven’t won a Super Bowl since 1995. Three decades later, they still don’t look like a lethal team that can win it. Can they end the drought? Something their fans wish, but we’ll need to wait until next year for that.