Cowboys hire first three assistants on Schottenheimer’s staff :: The Mothership
The organization has hired Dave Borgonzi as linebackers coach, Aaron Whitecotton as defensive line coach, and Andre Curtis as defensive passing game coordinator. Borgonzi was on staff with Dallas from 2012 to 2013 and worked under Matt Eberflus in Chicago. Whitecotton has worked for the Jets for the last four seasons. Curtis has previous ties to both Brian Schottenheimer and Eberflus.
Cowboys could thrive under defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus. But first, they must answer a major question about their best defender, Micah Parsons. :: Yahoo Sports
With a new coaching staff in place in Dallas, it will be more imperative than ever to get the team’s top players locked in as early as possible. There will be a lot of eyes on how the team handles Micah Parsons’s upcoming contract talks. Are the Cowboys willing to pay Parsons the money players at his position have commanded, as some of his predecessors have reset the market among non-quarterback contracts? And how will other defenders like T.J. Watt and Myles Garrett factor in with their own negotiations with their teams?
Cowboys plan to make projected $100 million free agent a ‘priority’ :: SI.com
The Cowboys reportedly want to keep Odighizuwa from hitting the open market this offseason. While Stephen Jones says getting the former third-round draft pick signed is a priority, he also needs to confer with the team’s new defensive coordinator. Odighizuwa has been projected to cash in with a $100 million contract, but whether Jones goes for that price remains to be seen.
What Daryl ‘Moose’ Johnston said about Cowboys hiring Brian Schottenheimer, Matt Eberflus :: Dallas Morning News
The three-time Super Bowl-champion fullback believes it will be “very, very challenging” for Schottenheimer to call his own plays as head coach, especially as a first-timer. “To me, I would like my head coach to be more, kind of the overseer of the entire game,” he said. As for the defense under Eberflus, Johnston says Dallas should give opponents a lot to think about with a fast and physical style of play that’s not overly complicated but fundamentally sound.
Cowboys QB Dak Prescott: Brian Schottenheimer is ‘tied directly to my future’ :: NFL.com
Prescott loves the continuity that Schottenheimer will bring to the 2025 offense, and he feels it will carry over to the rest of the team. “The special teams, the defense, everybody will have the same message. You’ll be on the same accord. I think everybody will have clear job responsibilities,” Prescott said. “And from there, he will hold everybody [accountable], and not only that, he expects everybody to hold him accountable to that, to those communications.” The quarterback noted that his own contract runs the same length as Schottenheimer’s, so their futures are very much tethered to one another.
Schottenheimer’s success with Cowboys hinges on one thing he can’t control :: Cowboys Wire
The first-time coach can’t do it alone, and his success hinges just as much on the front office as it does him. The Cowboys front office will need to be more aggressive in acquiring quality talent. They simply cannot be last in free agency spending again and expect to turn their fortunes around for 2025. Restructuring some big contracts and actively working some trades could help tremendously.
Report: Cowboys interview Cardinals OL coach Klayton Adams for their OC job :: ProFootballTalk
Adams has spent the past two seasons in Arizona as offensive line coach. The Cardinals ranked seventh in rushing yards per game this season and eighth in rushing touchdowns. James Conner had his second consecutive 1,000-yard season under his unit’s protection.
Dallas Cowboys interview Kevin Koger for offensive coordinator job :: On3
The Cowboys have also interviewed Falcons tight ends coach Kevin Koger for the OC job. Prior to 2024, his first year in Atlanta, Koger served the same role for the Chargers for three seasons and was an offensive quality control coach in Green Bay for two years before that.
Cowboys extend contract of most important front office member of last decade :: Cowboys Wire
As VP of player personnel, Will McClay has drafted 15 Pro Bowlers and six All-Pros since taking over the Cowboys’ scouting efforts in 2014. Last year was the last of his contract, causing some to fear he might depart for a true GM role elsewhere. After helping in the selection process that ended with Schottenheimer’s hiring, McClay was signed Wednesday to a multi-year deal that will keep him in Dallas.
What do the Dallas Cowboys look for at the Senior Bowl? Here’s what Will McClay had to say :: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
McClay uses the week in Mobile, Ala. to get first-hand first impressions of this year’s crop of prospects. “We’ve gathered the information, now we can put our own flavor on it and see who’s telling us the truth or not,” he explained. “It’s our job to dig and find where the warts are and where the holes are.” Also important, seeing how the players interact with NFL personnel away from their schools and protective university handlers.
2025 Pro Bowl Games: NFL participants announced for Thursday’s Skills Show, six challenges between AFC, NFC :: CBS Sports
Several Cowboys have been selected to participate in the skills competitions making up this year’s Pro Bowl Games. KaVontae Turpin and Micah Parsons will be part of the NFC’s relay race team, while Tyler Smith and Brandon Aubrey will compete in dodgeball. Those events happen Thursday in Orlando; more games will be held Sunday before the flag football finale.
Report: Former Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy to take season off to prepare for 2026 :: Cowboys Wire
With Kellen Moore reportedly “the clubhouse leader” for the Saints’ head coaching job, McCarthy has pulled himself out of the running before even having an official interview. The 12th-winningest head coach in NFL history will reportedly take a year off to get ready for a new opportunity somewhere down the road, a tactic he used after he was fired from Green Bay late in 2018.
NFL legend Emmitt Smith ‘would consider’ coaching the Dallas Cowboys if asked :: Us Weekly
Add another former Cowboys star to the A-listers who could one day be linked to coming back to the top spot. The NFL’s all-time leading rusher has no prior coaching experience at any level, but admits, “I’ve considered it.” Smith continued, “I do understand that I have to prove to these folks that I know what I’m talking about, that I know what I’m doing. The way I see it, it’s really all about my staff anyway. It’s about empowering people to take the philosophy that I want to impose upon the team, as well as the organization, to make it great.” He says the current Cowboys have “gotten so far away from” the character of the Super Bowl teams he helped lead, but he’s willing to give Schottenheimer a chance to prove himself in turning it around.
This position is prime for Cowboys to find a rookie replacement in 2025 :: Cowboys Wire
Bryan Anger has been an ironman and a weapon at times, but he’s on the expensive side for a punter, and his biggest advocate just left for a job in Tennessee. The 36-year-old is a free agent this offseason; it wouldn’t be shocking if the Cowboys choose to go a different direction in 2025 and grab a big leg out of college after the draft.
