Brian Schottenheimer’s first six postgame press conferences this season averaged almost 13 minutes each. His availability Monday night after the 38-21 victory over the Eagles lasted barely 4 minutes.
When asked about his brevity, Schottenheimer replied, “I’m great. Excited for our guys.”
That may have been Schottenheimer’s response to the criticism he drew last week when — in separate interviews — he said, “I know what a great coach I am,” and he called himself an “elite play-caller.”
“Definitely a hungry, bored version of Shotty,” Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said, via Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com. “It’s not like he’s naive. It’s not like he hadn’t heard some noise about it, and whether it’s about the games or whatever the doubt has been there. But we got his back. He knows that. He’s a guy who takes a lot of pride in his work, a lot of pride in his team.
“Everybody handles everything differently, so I don’t blame him to an extent. We’ve got our backs. Most importantly, it’s just about us going out there and executing on Sundays.”
The Cowboys salvaged their season, going 3-4, but they are just 10-13-1 since Schottenheimer became the team’s head coach in 2025. The Cowboys were 1-7-1 in primetime games under Schottenheimer before Monday night.
They had their best performance of the year against the Eagles, however, gaining 416 yards and getting six defensive stops, including a sack.
Schottenheimer disputed that Monday was a “must-win,” but he allowed that the win “puts us right back in the NFC East hunt.”