On Monday the Dallas Cowboys introduced Brian Schottenheimer as the new head coach of the franchise, succeeding Mike McCarthy. Some may come into the the press conference hoping Jerry Jones would shed light on the surprising hire and, perhaps, what went into the Mike McCarthy decision. Those people were left disappointed as the 82-year-old owner went completely off the rails when he got the microphone.
Jones was first asked why he thought Schottenheimer was the man for this job. Instead of answering that question Jones went on an impressive tangent in which he discussed never missing a Senior Bowl and that he wishes he became a coach with how much money they make nowadays, among other topics. He appears to have never actually answered the question.
Jerry Jones on hiring Brian Schottenheimer:
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) January 27, 2025
*long pause*
"In the almost 35 years that I've been involved with the Dallas Cowboys... I've only missed one Senior Bowl. 35 years. And I think I missed one Combine, in 35 years. At the NFL, over the last 4 or 5 years, the NFL we want…
"In the almost 35 years that I've been involved with the Dallas Cowboys... I've only missed one Senior Bowl," Jone said. "35 years. And I think I missed one Combine, in 35 years. At the NFL, over the last 4 or 5 years, the NFL we want to come in a day early... so that we can visit with prospective coaches for the future of my team and any other teams. In 35 years I don't think I've ever visited with a coach but what in my heart in mind I wasn't having an interview. I don't think I've ever had a coach visit with me that wasn't prospectively thinking maybe someday our paths might cross...
"I've been around a lot of coaches. As a matter of fact I wanted to be a coach. Except I wanted to live better than I thought coaches lived."
He also addressed McCarthy's departure and seemed to start to explain how they came to the decision to let him walk but keep his offensive coordinator in Schottenheimer. Then he didn't.
Jerry Jones on moving on from Mike McCarthy:
— Josh Tolentino (@JCTSports) January 27, 2025
"It was time for a change. We spent five days getting to come to that decision. One of the reasons we came to that decision was because this decision was available to us."
"It was time for a change," Jones said. "We spent five days getting to come to that decision. One of the reasons we came to that decision was because this decision was available to us."
At one point he even started crying.
Jerry Jones is in tears during this press conference. I don't know what is going on.
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) January 27, 2025
Jones's strange rambling left the viewing NFL world quite confused.
Jerry Jones was asked why he hired Brian Schottenheimer and went on a rant about how he has basically never missed a Senior Bowl or NFL Combine and how he wanted to be a coach and a bunch of other stuff and went on for several minutes without ever actually talking about Brian
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) January 27, 2025
Jerry Jones took the first question he was asked and grabbed the mic and has yet to let go.
— Blogging The Boys (@BloggingTheBoys) January 27, 2025
Not even talking about Brian or anything legitimate.
Just talking about himself.
Jerry Jones "I've taken more risk in the last 5 years than I have in my entire life. Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I'm not sure why I take the risks I do".
— Matt Owen (@ProfessorO_NFL) January 27, 2025
Um..... What?
Question: "Why'd you hire Brian Schottenheimer?"
— Tom Downey (@WhatGoingDowney) January 27, 2025
Jerry Jones: "Rambling nonsense"
Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones trying not to make the situation around the Dallas Cowboys even more embarrassing during Brian Schottenheimer's introductory press conference pic.twitter.com/qYoF6WEknO
— Blogging The Boys (@BloggingTheBoys) January 27, 2025
Jerry Jones trying to attack all of the narratives that he has very clearly been reading about him and the Dallas Cowboys pic.twitter.com/pt1xNRhvCN
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) January 27, 2025
Live look at Jerry Jones introducing Brian Schottenheimer as the new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. pic.twitter.com/PS2tqQHDJE
— Frank Mackey (@NarrativeCombat) January 27, 2025
Jerry Jones has no idea what he’s saying right now
— * (@6Blackhawks) January 27, 2025
Jerry having a real “Sir, this is a Wendy’s” moment. https://t.co/2LM50eG6Qr
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) January 27, 2025
Jerry Jones sounds like Scott Steiner in this presser https://t.co/3dgPb5cugn
— Robert Littal BSO (@BSO) January 27, 2025
God we are so cooked 😂 https://t.co/EyxC8wqmlt
— Ernie The Cowboys Fan (@es3_09) January 27, 2025
It's all very odd but, at the same time, just another day at the office for Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys. What else can we expect at this point?
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Jerry Jones’s Rambling at Brian Schottenheimer’s Press Conference Had NFL World Baffled.
