Cowboys' Schottenheimer Self-Scouts Offseason With Good News 'Fingerprints' Review
Cowboys' Schottenheimer Self-Scouts Offseason With Good News 'Fingerprints' Review originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The winds of change have blown through The Star this offseason, both on and off the field, and Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer is at the center of it all.
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Having carefully picked the players and coaching staff with the help of the front office, Schotty has gotten things off to a positive start both on and off the field.
With OTAs and minicamp completed, the early portion of the offseason program, where the scheme and system are put in place, is crucial. What is even more important is that the players understand it and are able to execute it.
Why? So when training camp rolls around, as Schotty says, "it's go time."
'I think getting the system in place in all three of those phases is really important,' Schottenheimer said. 'I love where we're at right now offensively, in terms of the changes and the adjustments that we're going to do. Defensively, I love what Flus [Matt Eberflus] has brought from a mentality and a mindset.
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"Of course, with Nick [Sorensen] and Carlos [Polk] with the special teams, just really with the three pieces coming back, Trent [Sieg], Banger [Bryan Anger], and Brandon [Aubrey], seeing him put his fingerprint on that has been really exciting.'
Dak Prescott (4) and Brian SchottenheimerTim Heitman-Imagn Images
So the foundations for the system and game style have now been laid out, with players now off for roughly six weeks. This is not the time to sit back and relax; it's time to stay in the classroom.
Once they hit Oxnard, Schottenheimer won't want to have to bring players up to speed on things when they should already be across them, and going by his words, most are.
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The system that Schotty hopes will deliver success to Dallas in 2025 has been formulated and then tweaked in preparation for a big training camp in Oxnard.
Schottenheimer is pleased with how each phase has progressed, and we have heard glowing reports about each, but training camp will be the true test of how settled this scheme is.
Is it July yet?
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 13, 2025, where it first appeared.
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