Pro Football Rumors
Mike McCarthy‘s most recent OC, Brian Schottenheimer will have plenty of time to state his case as a dark-horse replacement candidate. A day after the Cowboys met with Schottenheimer, they will huddle up once again.
The team is bringing in Schottenheimer for a second straight day, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, Jane Slater and Tom Pelissero. The parties met for nearly four hours Tuesday, making it rather interesting they are meeting again so soon. But the second-generation NFL coach appears a true candidate to succeed his former boss.
Schottenheimer may be in a matchup with the coach he replaced as Dallas’ play-caller. Kellen Moore met with his former team virtually and emerged as an early favorite for the job. Moore has been a far more prominent part of HC carousels in the past, and the Eagles’ OC is back on that radar this year. Schottenheimer, for the most part, has settled as a coordinator.
Whereas Moore called plays in Dallas for four seasons, Schottenheimer primarily operated as a non-play-calling coordinator in McCarthy’s final two seasons on the job. Schottenheimer, 51, has been an NFL coordinator as far back as 2006. Marty Schottenheimer‘s son, Brian began as Jets OC and stayed on through the 2011 season. He later served as OC for the Rams under Jeff Fisher (2012-14) and as the Seahawks’ play-caller under Pete Carroll (2018-20). The Cowboys promoted Schottenheimer after he spent the 2022 season as an analyst for the team.
More to come.
