The Dallas Cowboys fell to 3-4-1 after their 44-24 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday afternoon, which saw the Cowboys defense allow seven scoring drives on Denver’s nine possessions after opening the game with an interception.
Dallas entered the game with arguably the worst defense in the league, sitting 30th in points allowed per game and last in yards allowed per game. After giving up 44 points and over 420 yards of offense, Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer made it clear he’s not pleased with the team’s performance – both players and coaches.
“No one is happy with the way we performed [against the Broncos],” Schottenheimer said after the game. “It’s not acceptable. It’s not good enough. I would say both the staff and the players are aware that the standard was not met, so now what do you do? Be solution-oriented.”
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After making it clear the team’s performance wasn’t acceptable, Scotthenheimer promised “change” would be coming to the team.
“There’s always reasons to change, and there will be change,” he said. “I can promise you that. I can show you that. We’ve already had meetings, and we’ve talked about those changes.
The first-time NFL head coach revealed those changes would come in the form of adjustments to the scheme as well as personnel changes if necessary. As the team prepares for a “Monday Night Football” showdown against the Arizona Cardinals, Schottenheimer said the team is in a “one-game season.”
“I just say that because we’ve got Arizona before the bye and, really, bigger changes to our style will happen over the bye week. That’s when we get a chance to say, ‘OK, now we’re looking back at nine games. What were those issues and did we get them corrected?’ No? Well, now we need to do this and we need to do that,” he said.
Arizona and Dallas kick off at 8:15 p.m. ET on ABC and ESPN.
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