The Dallas Cowboys will introduce their tenth head coach in franchise history on Monday, and the fact it will be a promotion for offensive coordinator and lifelong assistant Brian Schottenheimer still feels surreal. So much about how the Cowboys arrived at the decision to make Schottenheimer a first-time head coach has been used as fodder by fans to confirm their worst suspicions about what exactly is holding this team back from competing at the highest level.
Most of this discussion happened before the Eagles and Commanders and Chiefs and Bills played on Sunday to decide which teams will go to New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX, which only added more obvious points of comparison from the winning teams looking so much more dynamic than the Cowboys at any point in their 7-10 season.