FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys offense should have finished Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals with the ball late, and that starts with him as the play caller, Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said Friday.
Schottenheimer made the comments on 105.3 The Fan’s Shan & RJ, two days before Dallas (3-5) plays the Indianapolis Colts. The hosts raised the criticism that the Cowboys have not gone for the kill late in games, and Schottenheimer said he disagreed with the idea that the offense shies away from it.
“Number one, you are kind of what you’ve done. And I’m very disappointed that we collectively as an offense, starts with me as the play caller, weren’t able to end that game,” Schottenheimer said. “But I can promise you this, every game we go into, when we have a chance late, that is the goal and the objective.”
“I’m the first one to tell you that when we get the ball in four minutes, we should put that game away. And then when we get the ball in overtime, we shouldn’t go three-and-out,” Schottenheimer continued. “That is not something that we shy away from. And so we’ve looked at a couple different things this week, and we’ve talked through some stuff as a staff. And we...