{"id":25048,"date":"2025-02-11T02:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T02:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25048"},"modified":"2025-02-11T02:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T02:30:11","slug":"breaking-news-cowboys-make-controversial-addition-to-offense-to-finally-unlock-dak-prescott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25048","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Cowboys Make Controversial Addition To Offense To Finally Unlock Dak Prescott.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2195715103-e1739231485983.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2195715103-e1739231485983.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2195715103-e1739231485983.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2195715103-e1739231485983.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Brian Schottenheimer\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"1049\" data-dom-ready-time=\"2260\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Brian Schottenheimer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0have had an offseason of change.<\/p>\n<p>Well, at least in the coaching department.<\/p>\n<p>As new head coach, Brian Schottenheimer, prepares his staff for the upcoming season, the focus remains one thing above all others \u2013 justify\u00a0Dak Prescott\u2018s\u00a0record breaking, $60 million APY contract signed last September.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking from a QB intensive motif, Schottenheimer chose former\u00a0Arizona Cardinals\u00a0offensive line coach, Klayton Adams, as the team\u2019s next offensive coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>Investing in the offensive line is never a bad decision, but it certainly raised some eyebrows considering other options on the table.<\/p>\n<p>One of those options, Ken Dorsey \u2013 the recently fired ex-Cleveland Browns\u00a0and\u00a0Buffalo Bills OC \u2013 was expected by many to have another crack at the OC whip come this hiring cycle, but alas nothing came about.<\/p>\n<h2>Ken Dorsey Set To Join Schottenheimer\u2019s Staff On The Cowboys<\/h2>\n<p>Despite looking past Dorsey for their coordinator position, the Cowboys have managed to finalize a deal to bring the former Brown to Dallas to join their offensive staff, but per\u00a0Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk, a role is currently not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDorsey\u2019s role on Brian Schottenheimer\u2019s staff is yet to be determined. The Cowboys initially hired Schottenheimer as a coaching analyst in 2022, so it\u2019s possible Dorsey starts in a similar role with the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe he\u2019s the hire for their quarterbacks job, which is not yet filled.<\/p>\n<p>Dorsey. 43, interviewed for the offensive coordinator position that went to Klayton Adams.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns fired Dorsey as their offensive coordinator after the season. Cleveland finished the season 28th in yards and 32nd in points. While Dorsey was not the team\u2019s play-caller to begin the year, he took over the role midway through the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What Does Dorsey\u2019s Track Record Look Like?<\/h2>\n<p>Although, as Williams notes, Dorsey\u2019s tenure in Cleveland was less than successful \u2013 with the Browns ranking as one of the worst offenses in the NFL \u2013 there is perhaps more than meets the eye.<\/p>\n<p>Dorsey was working with one of the\u00a0statistically worst QBs in the league\u00a0for the majority of the season in\u00a0Deshaun Watson; and then was subsequently thrown to the wolves with the combination of the entertaining, but error-prone Jameis Winston, followed by the barely backup-level Dorian Thompson-Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>Dorsey called the plays at the Browns, a job that head coach, Kevin Stefanski, has\u00a0taken back \u2013 for now, but was still playing very much in Stefanski\u2019s offensive scheme with below par offensive weaponry.<\/p>\n<p>The now Cowboys assistant had a more fruitful time in Buffalo, where he lead quarterback,\u00a0Josh Allen, to one of his-and the team\u2019s- more impressive seasons (13-3) before a heavy regression in 2023, where the team started 4-4, after which Dorsey was fired mid-season.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst he has had some \u201cminor outbursts\u201d that could be deemed character issues by some, prior to taking over as Bills OC, Dorsey was widely regarded as one of the best up-and-coming offensive minds in all of football, with many tapping him to be a head coach in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n<p>That time is not so close as of now, but with a fresh offense, Dorsey has the chance to display his prowess as a \u201cquarterback whisperer\u201d in getting Dak back to his best. 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