Cowboys news: Stephen Jones gives full support to Brian Schottenheimer

The Dallas Cowboys came out against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night needing a win in the worst way. Instead, the defense spent the first half looking like they didn’t learn anything from their previous loss, putting the team in a 17-0 hole. The offense never really fully woke up to respond, and anything they did do well was far too late, especially after two turnovers.

This team being 2-4 as a result has called into question every single aspect of the coaching that’s supposed to have them prepared for gamedays, but isn’t right now.

Stephen Jones says Brian Schottenheimer has full support of Cowboys’ ownership – Todd Archer, ESPN

Brian Schottenheimer is on the hot seat as far as fans are concerned, but the Joneses say it isn’t so.

Twenty-three games into his tenure as the Dallas Cowboys head coach, Brian Schottenheimer has a 9-13-1 record and the full support of ownership.

“Absolutely. There’s not any question in Jerry’s and I’s mind,” executive vice president Stephen Jones said Monday on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. “He has the team. There’s no question they want to go out there and execute and make things happen. We feel really good … about our coaching staff. We just have to continue to evolve and get to a point where we can win these football games.”

Cowboys’ Christian Parker hire looks worse than ever after Jonathan Gannon revenge game – Jerry Trotta, The Landry Hat

Jonathan Gannon continues to dominate the Cowboys offense every time he gets a chance to coach against it.

Gannon had already built a long track record of coaching successful defenses, most notably in Philadelphia. The Eagles fielded one of the NFL’s best defenses during their run to the Super Bowl in 2022, and he had Arizona punching above its weight class for most of his tenure.

One variable the Cowboys clearly overlooked was Gannon’s history against Dak Prescott. There’s a misconception that Vic Fangio gives Prescott the most fits of any defensive play-caller, when Gannon is actually the Prescott Stopper. Sunday night hammered that home.

Pro Bowl WR blames ‘mid OC’ Schottenheimer for Cowboys’ struggles – Todd Brock, The Cowboys Wire

The evidence is building that HC Brian Schottenheimer is simply in over his head right now.

Much of the focus is starting to land on Schottenheimer as the offensive play-caller. Now 9-13-1 since taking the head coaching job in Dallas, many within Cowboys Nation are now openly calling for a change and wondering if Schottenheimer was ever the offensive mastermind he was marketed to be.

Former NFL wide receiver Braylon Edwards pulled back the curtain in a social media post on Monday, leveling a shot directly at his onetime offensive coordinator:

Watching the @dallascowboys struggle two weeks in a row reminded me of why we as a Jets offense were terrible in back to back afc championship games in '09' and '10'….mid OC by the name of Brian Schottenheimer.

— Braylon Edwards (@OfficialBraylon) October 19, 2026

Brian Schottenheimer: Cowboys offense ‘a little bit one-sided,’ needs balance – Todd Archer, ESPN.com

Getting the ball to George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb shouldn’t be as hard as it is right now.

Prescott averaged just 4.8 yards per attempt (34-of-54, 258 yards) with two interceptions. It was the first time he averaged fewer than 5 yards per attempt and had multiple interceptions since Week 3 of the 2018 season against the Seattle Seahawks.

The normally reliable connections with CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens were off. Prescott completed only 15 of 29 throws to the duo, and both of the turnovers were on throws to Lamb, who slipped on his route leading to the second pick.

Cowboys offensive game plan has become predictable – Shane Taylor, Inside The Star

The Cowboys should expect to see a heavy dose of blitzes until they show they have an answer for it.

Over the last two weeks, against the Buccaneers (43.9% blitz rate, the third-highest in the NFL) and the Packers (33.9%, tied for the 10th-highest in the NFL), he got completely out classes the last two weeks by a defensive play caller.

This coaching staff had 10 days to prepare for this game, and you saw no adjustments to free blitzes, pressure on every drop back, launching the ball off the back foot.

Dee Winters to miss time, DeMarvion Overshown gets major update from Cowboys – Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com

The Cowboys will likely have a revolving door at linebacker, with Dee Winters missing time and DeMarvion Overshown ready to return.

n return, for the first time since going down with a hamstring injury in Week 1 against the New York Giants, linebacker DeMarvion Overshown has “a great chance” at taking the field after rehabbing over the past five games. Furthermore, to answer the riddle of if he’d return to the green dot/middle linebacker/MIKE role, Jones made it known that will not be the case.

Overshown is expected to take the spot vacated by Winters alongside rookie third-round pick Jaishawn Barham, the owner of the green dot and MIKE LB role since Overshown’s injury in mid-September.