Zack Martin opens up about 2024 Cowboys’ issues
There has been a lot of discussion regarding the issues of the 2024 Dallas Cowboys. Whether it has been the injuries, penalties, coaching issues, or roster-building issues, there have been plenty of conversations about what went wrong.
Cowboys offensive lineman and current free agent Zack Martin gave insight into some of the issues he felt the team dealt with in 2024. Martin sat down with Shan & RJ on 105.3 The Fan at Radio Row in New Orleans.
In his sit down, Martin expressed his feelings on what was different in 2024:
Zack Martin with us on Radio Row:
“I’ve got a ton of respect for Coach McCarthy and what he did when he came in here, but for whatever reason something was off this year. Things weren’t gelling, weren’t clicking, and I think that’s something Schotty views as A1 importance, to… pic.twitter.com/Q2DNNRNAiT
— Bobby Belt (@BobbyBeltTX) February 4, 2025
While this concern is discussing the past, it sounds like things in Dallas were not all sunshine and rainbows throughout the course of the season, and that may be an issue that needs fixing. With a lot of reports circling that former head coach Mike McCarthy had a really good pulse on the locker room and was viewed as a “player coach”, Martin’s comments suggest some issues surrounding the Cowboys locker room, meeting rooms, and overall culture.
Martin later mentions that he thinks fixing a lot of these issues will be “A1 importance” for Brian Schottenheimer as a first-year head coach. Schottenheimer will likely have his hands full this year working on the offense, but with Martin’s comments it sounds like he will be digging just as deep into the culture issues that bled through the locker room in McCarthy’s final year in Dallas.
It is still to be determined if Zack Martin will return in 2025. When asked in the sit down, Martin mentioned he still is working back to getting healthy before he makes a decision on his career moving forward. He also threw in that he is a free agent this offseason, and that could have an impact on his decision moving forward.
