Dallas Cowboys mailbag: Questions on Mike Inexperienced, Brian Schottenheimer and the teaching workers

Each week, we take questions on X (Twitter) and Fb about Dallas Cowboys gamers and different points surrounding the staff. So let’s get proper into it.

“Why’s everyone high on Mike Green from Marshall and should the Cowboys draft him at 12?”

(Ryan Jones on Fb)

Mike: Some folks will say to select him at 12 is just too wealthy, however post-combine folks will quickly change that tune. Selecting a defensive finish early isn’t a nasty technique to go for Dallas and pairing an elite cross rusher reverse Micah Parsons would make this protection deadly. Mike Inexperienced led all the FBS in sacks (17) and earned All-American honors and the Solar Belt Participant of the Yr award after an insane closing season at Marshall.

Inexperienced has an explosive first step, elite ranges of bend across the edge, and quite a lot of pass-rush strikes. His athletic profile, together with his velocity and agility, would add versatility to the Cowboys’ line of defense. His capacity to set the sting and make tackles for loss would complement Micah Parsons, enhancing their defensive entrance’s effectiveness.

Inexperienced would give the Cowboys a formidable duo on the sting. Combining Inexperienced’s expertise with Parsons may create a dynamic cross rush, probably overwhelming offensive tackles and quarterbacks.

Dana: Mike Inexperienced had a stellar 2024 season at Marshall logging 84 complete tackles (22 of which have been tackles for loss), 17 sacks, 15 QB hits and three compelled fumbles. It was a really spectacular season for him and the excitement surrounding his draft potential solely acquired louder after the Senior Bowl the place he was capable of exhibit his energy and bend on the EDGE place.

Inexperienced is now being projected by some as a top-20 general decide on this yr’s draft. Ought to Dallas be the staff to draft him? Properly, there are lots of holes to fill for a lot of positions on this staff they usually could determine to go in one other course. Moreover, if the staff does determine to select an EDGE participant with the twelfth general decide, there are another actually good gamers that could be a chance; some gamers like James Pearce Jr., Mykel Williams, and Shemar Stewart simply to call just a few. Nevertheless, Inexperienced could be an important match for the Cowboys in the event that they do determine to select him at quantity 12. The long run remains to be unclear for DeMarcus Lawrence and Inexperienced would make a superb younger paring alongside facet Micah Parsons to make life very troublesome for opposing QB’s.

“What are the new coaching staff members that has been selected so far?”

(Cornell Johnson on Fb)

Mike: Formally, the Cowboys teaching hires have been accomplished as of Friday. Klayton Adams took over the vacant offensive coordinator position left by the promotion of Brian Schottenheimer. This will likely be Adams first time as offensive coordinator and has a wealth of expertise as an offensive line coach and was with the Arizona Cardinal final season.

Matt Eberflus was rapidly introduced on to be the defensive coordinator. He grew to become the primary Chicago Bears coach to ever be fired mid-season, however some guys are higher coordinators than they’re head coaches. Eberflus has been in Dallas earlier than as linebacker coach from 2011 till 2017, however the spotlight of his profession was how he turned the Indianapolis Colts protection round whereas employed because the staff’s defensive coordinator.

Nick Sorensen takes over from John Fassel as particular groups coordinator. He’s largely been employed as a defensive coach however nearly had the particular groups coordinator job in San Francisco to begin this season.

The remainder of the teaching hires and positions:

“What did Brian Schottenheimer bring to the table during the interview process to separate himself from other head coach candidates?”

(MrEd315 through Twitter/X)

Mike: In brief, familiarity. He is aware of the offense and its shortcomings intimately and what the wants are. He additionally has chemistry with Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb and the remainder of the offense which is able to assist encourage the offense that fell quick final yr. On prime of that, he additionally is aware of the Jones’ and the operation of the franchise that means he leads straight into organizing the staff fairly than making an attempt to climatize to the monster that’s the Dallas Cowboys.

Dana: For the reason that Cowboys weren’t capable of retain Mike McCarthy as head coach, they interviewed just a few coaches like Kellen Moore, Robert Saleh, Leslie Frazier, together with Brian Schottenheimer. After conducting these interviews, the issues that make Schottenheimer stand out from the remaining have been familiarity, continuity, and long-standing expertise. No different coach had all three. In an article from Todd Archer of ESPN, Schottenheimer was quoted:

“The continuity through change,” Schottenheimer mentioned. “I know the players. I know the building. I know our strengths. I know our weaknesses. I know our issues. And the more and more we got into conversations, sitting around and just discussing different things, I wanted it even more.”

The Cowboys have Prescott and Lamb locked in for the subsequent handful of years and it was doubtless a consideration when selecting Schottenheimer to maintain some continuity with them to develop from fairly than utterly beginning over.