2026 Random Cowboys Stuff Thread...

Cujo said:
That is the origin of this line of thought.
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Kind of funny that he hasn't sniffed a Superbowl since that coaches team was sort of torn apart. You'd think that would make him realize how important an elite coach is.

But nah, Jerry did it, he just hasn't been able to find the magic since.
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
Kind of funny that he hasn't sniffed a Superbowl since that coaches team was sort of torn apart. You'd think that would make him realize how important an elite coach is.
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I think he even does know. He knew he needed Parcells to get his stadium done. He saw Parcells turn that team around.

But all the old school media guys still around then were told that he was miserable when Parcells was here... the "walking on eggshells" days. So he's not going back to that.

Bottom line, Jerry knows good coaching is important. He just doesn't care. Not as long as that Forbes list stays the same.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
But all the old school media guys still around then were told that he was miserable when Parcells was here...
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I think he is cheap and money is part of it.

But I think this absolutely is the other part. Jerry wants to run the show, or at least run it any time that he wants to run it. He wants to be on the stage at the press conference. He wants the interviews. He wants that light shined on him. He doesn't want a coach who is going to put baby in the corner. And those higher paid coaches, those are the strong ones who have more say in operations. He'd rather have a head coach that makes things "fun for him" to be involved.

For me, what would really be fun is winning. But for Jerry, I don't think that is really the case.
 
Texas Ace said:
Man how can you not love Q?

You need more guys in the locker room like him.

Now just imagine how much better he'd be with good coaching on his sideline.
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He has quickly become my favorite current player.
 
Just gonna post this here since we have been discussing this topic here:

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says there’s no correlation between coach pay and winning

By Jon Machota
Nov. 3, 2026

While the working relationship between Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson was deteriorating following their second consecutive Super Bowl victory in 1994, the Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager famously said he could find 500 coaches who would win a Super Bowl with that team.

The two then parted ways. The Cowboys won another Super Bowl two years later. They haven’t been back since.

Despite being the most valuable sports franchise in the world, the Cowboys are not known for spending significantly on coaches. There is no salary cap on coaches. There’s no reason a franchise recently valued at $17 billion by Forbes couldn’t have the highest-paid staff every year.

Jones was asked about this Tuesday because current head coach Brian Schottenheimer is not among the highest-paid coaches in the league. Although coaching salaries aren’t made public, the Cowboys head coach is estimated to be in the $5 million to $8 million per year range. The highest-paid coaches average $20 million per season. According to Sportico, 10 coaches make at least $14 million per season.

If Schottenheimer were making anything close to that, Jones would’ve likely mentioned it. Instead, he defended why he doesn’t pay coaches at the top of the market.

“In the NFL, this is after years of looking at all the teams and all the coaches,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan, “there is zero correlation between how much you pay a coach or how many coaches you have (on staff) as to winning. There is no correlation. And that’s a random sample of years and all 32 teams involved. So, put that in your hopper and smoke it.”

Of the last 10 Super Bowl winners, six had coaches — Bill Belichick, Andy Reid, Sean McVay — among the highest paid in the league. The other four were Doug Pederson (2017 Philadelphia Eagles), Bruce Arians (2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Nick Sirianni (2024 Philadelphia Eagles) and Mike Macdonald (2025 Seattle Seahawks).

Sirianni is currently among the top 10 highest paid.

The Cowboys are 10-14-1 under Schottenheimer. They are coming off one of their worst losses in recent memory, falling to a two-win Arizona Cardinals team in overtime after leading 17-3 late in the third quarter and 30-24 in the final minute.

“You can be pretty creative in hiring your coaches,” Jones said. “I’ve had some good experiences of hiring people who have never been in the NFL. I’ve had some experience of hiring young coaches, older coaches. And you constantly remind me, as you should, of what my record is. And I understand that. But also know that the next time you throw the pick, if you’re the old California gold miner, you may hit the Comstock Lode.”
 
 
Genghis Khan said:
Again, these are actual good numbers. He's averaging giving up 2.5 catches and 28 yards per game.

Sign me up for that all day every day.
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I don't think Werder is shitting on Porter. I think he is saying the fans that are shitting on him are off base.
 
Texas Ace said:


Man how can you not love Q?

You need more guys in the locker room like him.

Now just imagine how much better he'd be with good coaching on his sideline.
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Quinnen Williams says Cowboys must 'execute,' over and over

Todd Archer
Nov 4, 2026, 05:39 PM ET

FRISCO, Texas -- It wasn't quite the "we're on to Cincinnati" moment that former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick provided in 2014, but Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Quinnen Williams used a form of the word "execute" 32 times during an interview on Wednesday that lasted a little more than five minutes.

The Cowboys' defense is 32nd in total yards (385.4), 32nd in rushing yards (152.8), 32nd on third downs (51.4%) and 27th in points per game (26.6).

"I think the biggest thing is just execute," Williams said. "We got to execute. We haven't been executing this whole season, and we executed for three quarters (against Arizona) and didn't execute the last quarter, and the film says it all. So, I think the biggest thing we got to focus on is execute and continue to stack days, and at the end of the day we got to execute."

The Cowboys (3-5) next play the Indianapolis Colts, who have fired their general manager and traded two of their best players -- Quenton Nelson and DeForest Buckner -- while speculation continues that they could trade even more players.

Colts running back Jonathan Taylor said teams are "foaming at the mouth" to play the Colts.

"Yeah, we got to execute," Williams said. "So that's the No. 1 thing. No matter what they're doing, no matter what no team in the NFL is doing, the Dallas Cowboys' defense has got to execute."

What about facing Taylor?

"I think the biggest thing is we got to execute," Williams said.

And the struggles of Colts quarterback Daniel Jones?

"I don't have no thought about that," Williams said. "We're kind of having a tough year on defense, so I just want to focus on executing and doing the best that we can do."

Williams has four sacks in the last three games, which he said is "the right direction on what I want to do, what I want to be, who I want to be, how I want to affect the game.

"And, like I said, I got to continue to execute, continue to do the things I know I can do to help this defense turn around and help this team at football games."

Maybe Williams' use of the word came from what Brian Schottenheimer said earlier in the day when the coach was asked what his message has been to the team following the Arizona loss.

"It comes down to execution," Schottenheimer said about being more consistent on offense and defense. "You got to know your job. I think these guys are working their butts off in preparation. You got to understand the importance of that job and then we have to do our job as coaches and players alike. And, so, I think that's what we're focusing on right now, is the cleaning up the execution as a whole."
 
Cotton said:
I don't think Werder is shitting on Porter. I think he is saying the fans that are shitting on him are off base.
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For the record they're talking about Downs.

I'm not so much referring to Werder as I'm referring to the original tweet that is stating that Downs is struggling in pass coverage. He is not. We shouldn't be fooled by passer rating or completion percentage, which are certainly very flawed stats out of context especially for a defensive player since it's not measuring all of the other plays when the ball isn't thrown his way.
 
Genghis Khan said:
For the record they're talking about Downs.

I'm not so much referring to Werder as I'm referring to the original tweet that is stating that Downs is struggling in pass coverage. He is not. We shouldn't be fooled by passer rating or completion percentage, which are certainly very flawed stats out of context especially for a defensive player since it's not measuring all of the other plays when the ball isn't thrown his way.
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Sorry, I meant Downs. I saw people shitting on Porter today, too, so I guess I had that on my mind.
 
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