Brian Schottenheimer Had Blunt Message About Cowboys’ Offense Amid 3-4-1 Start

The Cowboys boast 1 of nan NFL's champion offenses midway done nan season, but it hasn't been capable to flooded nan league's second-worst defense this year.

Dallas's discourtesy has rolled for overmuch of nan first half of nan season. Quarterback Dak Prescott has often played astatine an MVP level, and moving backmost Javonte Williams ranks 4th successful nan convention successful rushing yards. Even pinch prima wideout CeeDee Lamb missing clip owed to injury, nan discourtesy hasn't slowed acknowledgment to nan awesome waste and acquisition for George Pickens, who is 3rd successful nan convention successful receiving yards. When some are healthy, Lamb and Pickens person formed 1 of nan league's apical receiving duos.

Overall, nan Cowboys rank 2nd successful full yards and points per game, and first successful passing yards per game, but this doesn't make caput coach Brian Schottenheimer consciousness immoderate amended astir their 3-4-1 record.

“I deliberation nary of america person done bully enough," Schottenheimer told reporters connected Wednesday. "I mean coaches players, caput coach. None of america person done bully enough. That’s real. Our scorecard is what it is. We’re a shot squad that’s 3-4-1. You tin return nan stats connected discourtesy and shove them up your a— arsenic acold arsenic I’m concerned. It is what it is. We want to win."

Schottenheimer added, "People talk about, ‘Hey MVP and this and that.’ Dak Prescott doesn’t want to triumph MVP. He wants to triumph a Super Bowl and that’s what we want to win. We’re not location yet. We’ve not played consistently capable to surely beryllium successful that chat but it doesn’t mean nan travel stops. It surely doesn’t stop. You get much focused. You get much intentional. And you sewage to do it together.”

Schottenheimer said he has been spending much clip successful protect meetings than he was earlier successful nan year, but it's difficult to ideate that being capable to nutrient nan turnaround this defense needs to contend.

The Cowboys person favorable matchups complete nan adjacent mates weeks against nan Cardinals and Raiders, but pinch looming games against nan Eagles, Chiefs, Lions and Chargers complete nan backmost half of nan season, it's difficult to spot them winning capable to make a playoff push this year. They would request to person their discourtesy regularly outscore their opponents, which is not easy erstwhile their defense allows complete 31 points per game. It besides simply hasn't been sustainable erstwhile they spell up against tougher defenses, for illustration they did successful past Sunday's nonaccomplishment to nan Broncos.

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