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The end-of-season press conference that Jerry Jones and the boys hold every single year after it ends in disappointment once again was pure comedy.
Per usual, Jerry danced around any type of important questions that our fans wanted answers to, and credit to the reporters in attendance because they continued to drill him, and he made sure to avoid it as much as possible.
I actually laughed at most of it, and continued to shake my head.
Still, I watched the entire thing, and below are the three biggest takeaways that I took from the conference, and I will post a link to the entire conference here for you to watch if you would like to see everything else that was talked about.
Many questions were asked about what this front office plans to do when it comes to who may be the next defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys.
Jerry Jones first said Brian Schottenheimer had a lot to do with hiring Matt Eberflus as the DC. Jones said if Schotty didn’t want Eberflus as DC he wouldn’t be here. So it started with Jerry doing everything in his power to NOT take the blame.
He never takes accountability and this is the issue with the Cowboys and everyone knows it.
Schotty on the primary tenet he's looking for in the next #Cowboys defensive coordinator:
"we wanna find someone who's a great teacher and a great communicator … who's passionate about football, and who can take complicated information and [have the ability] to communicate… pic.twitter.com/jEYdVhZbq9
— Patrik [No C] Walker (@VoiceOfTheStar) January 7, 2026
He went on to say being a former head coach is not a requirement for the next defensive coordinator and the Cowboys could look at a first-time coordinator as well. Cowboys have had a former head coach as their DC since 2014.
Schotty said they want to find someone who’s a great teacher and a great communicator … who’s passionate about football, and who can get complicated information.
Jerry said they have not started requesting formal interviews yet, but plan to put some in later this week.
Something that was brought up multiple times was whether the front office would bring back either George Pickens or Javonte Williams.
Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones signing Williams is at the top of their list of offseason priorities: “We want to bring him back and sign him to a multiple-year deal,” he said.
That was the most direct they would get with either of the two.
Pickens is also a main priority, but he has the same agent as Micah Parsons, and I think they wanted to avoid being as direct as they were about Williams.
When asked about it, Jones went on and on about how much the Cowboys think of Pickens and then was immediately asked if they would get a long-term deal done sooner or later. He avoided the question. Shocker.
They did...
