Jerry Jones Keeps Schottenheimer After Arizona Comeback — SkimNews
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- Dallas Cowboys lost 33-30 in overtime to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday after leading 24-10 with 14:20 left in the fourth quarter, falling to 3-5.
- Jerry Jones said a coaching change was "not in my mind at this time," backed Schottenheimer and said "a lot of people let Brian down"; his only in-season head-coaching change replaced Wade Phillips in 2010 at 1-7.
- Elias Sports Bureau said the loss matched the Cowboys' largest blown fourth-quarter lead, previously reached against the 2011 New York Jets and 2022 Green Bay Packers; Dallas entered Sunday 202-0-1 at home with a 14-point fourth-quarter lead and is now 342-3-1 in such games franchise-wide.
- NFL teams were 44-0-1 when leading by at least 14 points in the fourth quarter entering Sunday, making Dallas the first team this season to lose in that situation.
- ESPN Analytics put Dallas's win probability at a 98.3% peak with 3:24 left in the fourth quarter despite a 10-point lead.
- Brian Schottenheimer, now 10-14-1 as Cowboys coach, said he was disappointed but believed in the staff and players and would stand before them to tell the truth.
- Dak Prescott rejected singling out one person as blame, calling that approach "weak" and "cowardly," and said the team needed to back up one another.
Why it matters: Schottenheimer retains his role after Dallas’ record-setting fourth-quarter collapse, so no midseason coaching move follows. The Cowboys drop to 3-5 and their mark when leading by 14 in the fourth moves to 342-3-1, while Jones makes clear that keeping him does not remove accountability from the staff and players.
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