The Dallas Cowboys offense has been a shell of the unit that was the highest-scoring offense in football a year ago, with turnovers and poor red zone play plaguing Mike McCarthy’s team.
With so many moving parts with key players injured in the second half of the year to pile on the year’s first-half struggles when Dak Prescott was healthy, the season has been one to forget in many ways.
But as we approach the season finale against the Washington Commanders, what is one thing that offensive coordinator Brian Schotteheimer wishes had gone better?
“Biggest thing for me would be the turnovers,” Schottenheimer said. “You just can’t win consistently turning the football over. We know that we’ve not done a very good job coaching it, and that falls on all of us. But again, felt really good going in the game [vs. Eagles] thinking we’d have a chance to win, and obviously the momentum of the turnovers killed us.”
That isn’t a winning formula.
But it is refreshing for Schottehemier to take ownership of the shortcomings, stating he didn’t do a good enough job of coaching them. One can say that the Cowboys have paid the ultimate price for costly turnovers this season.
Particularly against the Eagles in Week 17, with four back-breaking turnovers that saw Philadelphia score 24 of its 41 points after Dallas’ mistakes.
With the futures of much of the coaching staff up in the air, regardless of who is in a coaching position in 2025 at The Star, one of the key focuses needs to be taking care of the football.