Jerry Jones was asked after Sunday's 33-30 overtime defeat against Arizona whether the result would push him toward a change on the coaching staff. He did not entertain the idea.
"We're not gonna get into anything," Jones said, according to DallasCowboys.com. "That's not in my mind at this time."
The Cowboys owner and general manager framed the collapse as a shared failure rather than one man's. "None of us are getting it done, and that should be my concern," he said, as quoted by Dallas Sports Journal. "So I'm not pointing at Schotty. I'm not pointing at anybody." OutKick quoted him going further: "A lot of people let Brian down today."
How the lead disappeared
Dallas was up 24-10 with 14:20 remaining and 30-24 with 1:09 on the clock. Arizona coach Mike LaFleur had pulled starter Jacoby Brissett late in the third quarter, and Gardner Minshew led touchdowns on each of his four regulation possessions, the last a 13-yard throw for Michael Wilson with six seconds to go.
A missed extra point sent the game to overtime, and Chad Ryland made up for it with a 42-yard field goal after the Cowboys went three-and-out.
Arizona piled up 286 yards after halftime to Dallas' 157 and went 3-for-3 in the red zone after the break, according to the team's website. For the game, Arizona finished with 467 yards to Dallas' 261, per the NFL's official game summary.
The coach's answer
Brian Schottenheimer, in his 25th game as head coach, did not have an explanation for the team's inability to build on its wins. Dallas has followed each of its victories this season, over Washington, Houston and Philadelphia, with a loss, and the club has strung together two straight wins just once since he was hired.
"I'm going to always own my part of this as the head football coach," Schottenheimer said. "It starts with me. There's certainly things that I need to do better." He said he could name several plays that changed the game but would not, and he repeated that he believes in his staff and players.
