Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is raving about Brian Schottenheimer's ability to put together a quality coaching staff, indicating he did not influence hires.

Jerry Jones both admitted he’s taking a major risk and delivered a message to critics on Monday sitting beside his new Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has never shied away from theatrics (literally, he was an actor in a recent Landman episode ), but his answer for why the team promoted Brian Schottenheimer to be the team’s new head coach might be one of the strangest, most riveting moments of his ownership tenure.