Cowboys new offensive coaching staff is missing an important piece – Shane Taylor, Inside The Star

Klayton Adams needs his guy.

The bulk of Adams’ coaching history took place in college, where in 13 years he maneuvered his was up from a graduate assistant at Boise State in 2005 to the Colorado’s co-offensive coordinator and OL coach in 2018.

What Are They Missing?

So both of these guys love to run the football, yet what are the Dallas Cowboys missing?

A running back that they can trust under contract.

Rico Dowdle’s future in Dallas is murky at best as a free agent, but after rushing for 1,079 yards as part of a running back by committee for the first half of the season, he will have admirers for his services.

Dowdle, per Spotrac.com, is likely to get around $6 million APY on the open market, and that seems easily doable for the Cowboys, but let’s remember who is running the team. The man who doesn’t spend money at all.

Deuce Vaughn is currently the only running back that the Dallas Cowboys have under contract, and he is not going to be the one leading this team’s backfield, I can tell you that.

With that said, we do have the NFL draft coming up, so maybe we see Dallas take a back there. This class is loaded.

Dallas Cowboys zeroing in on running backs coach candidate – Tyler Reed, Sports Illustrated

A candidate for running backs coach.

The Cowboys have added Matt Eberflus as the defensive coordinator and Klayton Adams as the offensive coordinator.

Schottenheimer is still filling out other assitant openings, including the running backs coach opening. The Cowboys may already have their choice set to interview.

Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that the Cowboys are bringing in Oregon Ducks running backs coach Ra’Shaad Samples to interview for the same position.

A Texas native, Samples has been the running backs coach at SMU and Oregon. Samples was also the wide receivers coach for the Los Angeles Rams in 2022 and has coached wide receivers at Texas and Arizona State.

This season, the Ducks rushed for 2,234 yards, averaging 171.8 yards per game. Oregon was also the number one seed in the College Football Playoff.

4 bold 2025 offseason predictions for the Dallas Cowboys – Maitland Rutledge, The Landry Hat

Maybe, this offseason will be different.

1. Cowboys sign Tee Higgins

This might fall more into the “wishing” category, but it is not impossible. Dallas has the opportunity to clear money off the salary cap if they want to. There would have to be a few cap casualties, but the team has done that in years past. If they make some room, Tee Higgins would be a big weapon to help this offense.

The Cowboys had another season where CeeDee Lamb was the only good option at receiver. He put together another 1,000-yard season before he sat out at end of the year due to injury, but did not see a lot of other production around him. Dallas’ second-leading receiver was Jalen Tolbert and while he had his moments in 2024, there is belief he will not be back.

Getting Higgins would give Dak Prescott more confidence and new head coach Brian Schottenheimer a reliable asset. While his production dipped in receiving yard the past two seasons, Higgins had a career-high ten touchdowns in 2024. With Ja’Marr Chase as the main man in Cincinnati, many believe Higgins will be playing elsewhere in 2025.

That could be Dallas if Jerry wants to make it happen. He splurged a few offseasons ago by trading for Brandin Cooks so a move like this would not be too out of the question. While money would be the biggest obstacle, the Cowboys could make this happen. Signing Higgins would be a bold move, but it would pay off immediately for this offense.

Senior Bowl riser seems like the perfect Cowboys draft target for Dak Prescott – Russel S. Baxter, FanSided

Dallas needs to invest in adding weapons this offseason. Williams could be that guy.

According to NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah, Washington State wide receiver Kyle Williams showed him something that may have surprised him a bit.

“I knew Williams had good speed, but what impressed me in practice was the polish he showed in his release. He created separation throughout the week and caught the ball well. He’s put himself in the mix to be drafted on Day 2 and he should benefit from this receiver class not being quite as strong as others we have seen in recent years. Williams helped himself a lot,” Jeremiah said.

While three-year pro Jalen Tolbert comes off the best season of his young career, Dallas’ aerial game could use another downfield threat. Williams may wind up being a real bargain in the second or third round.

Dallas Mavericks take bad spotlight from Dallas Cowboys with Luka Doncic trade – RJ Ochoa, Blogging The Boys

In other Dallas news.

We are gathered here today to discuss the horrible decision-making of a Dallas professional sports franchise, but today it is the Mavericks who are the subject of worldwide ridicule. Late Saturday night, the Mavericks traded Luka Doncic – one of the best players in the world – to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis.

Yes, this is real. Sources tell ESPN: Full trade:

– Lakers: Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber, Markieff Morris

– Mavericks: Anthony Davis, Max Christie, 2029 LAL 1st

– Jazz: Jalen Hood-Schifino, 2025 Clippers 2nd, 2025 Mavericks 2nd https://t.co/bltojdTaQj

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 2, 2025

ESPN’s Shams Charania had to say “yes, this is real” because in the moment the trade seemed so outlandish that the entire internet assumed his account had been hacked. When that is the response to the trade that you made, looking at you Nico Harrison, it doesn’t exactly suggest that you are on the right side of things.

Maybe you are a Cowboys fan who is not a Mavericks fan. The Cowboys have a worldwide fandom and we all have different interests outside of our favorite football team. Personally I am a San Antonio Spurs fan so I get it, maybe you are even a Lakers fan so this is an incredible thing for you.

But Mavericks fans, and particularly those who are DFW strong with all of the teams that they root for, are really going through it. The trade seems like s slap in the face to Mavs loyalists, so much so that our friends at Mavs Moneyball called this one of the worst moments in DFW sports history.