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Dallas keeps filling out their new coaching staff.
While Brian Schottenheimer will call plays in his first year as the Dallas Cowboys’ coach, he has hired his offensive coordinator in former Arizona Cardinals offensive line coach Klayton Adams.
Adams, 41, spent the past two seasons in that role for the Cardinals and is well regarded across the league for his run game. The Cardinals had the seventh-ranked run game in the NFL last year (144.2 yards per game) and were second in yards per carry (5.3).
James Conner had 1,094 yards and eight rushing touchdowns for Arizona in 2024. The Cowboys were led by Rico Dowdle, who is set to be an unrestricted free agent, with 1,079 yards and just two touchdowns. The Cowboys had only six rushing touchdowns on the season.
The Cowboys are expected to hire an offensive line coach in addition to having Adams.
Before joining Arizona, Adams spent four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, working with the tight ends and serving as an assistant offensive line coach.
The Cowboys look like they want to run more, but who’s going to carry the rock?
With Schottenheimer as the offensive play caller and with the run schemes Adams used with the Arizona Cardinals in his two seasons as the offensive line coach, this might be a good fit.
In 2024, Arizona finished 7th in rushing yards (2,451) and yards per game (144.2). The previous season, the Cardinals were fourth in rushing yards (2,365) and yards per game (139.1).
The problem with all this success in Arizona is that Dallas doesn’t have a lead running back for the 2025 season or a quarterback that moves.
Harris with some early ideas about who could end up carrying the rock.
In 2024, the Cardinals led the NFL in post-snap pulling with offensive linemen in the run game, as Adams specialized in intricate blocking schemes that allowed for multiple blockers to pave holes for running backs such as veteran James Conner who finished with the highest single-season rushing total (1,094 yards) in his seven-year career.
While at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., the Cowboys’ scouting department put in a lot of work in interviewing multiple running backs such as UCF’s R.J. Harvey, USC’s Woody Marks and Kansas’ Devin Neal among others. With Rico Dowdle set to hit free agency, Deuce Vaughn is the only running back from the 2024 active roster signed for next season. Drafting one running back, if not two, was already a necessity. With a now clear emphasis on...
