{"id":33833,"date":"2025-02-13T10:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=33833"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:04:03","slug":"michael-irvin-says-brian-schottenheimer-needs-act-of-god-to-turn-around-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=33833","title":{"rendered":"Michael Irvin Says Brian Schottenheimer Needs Act of God to Turn Around Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header>\n<h2>Michael IrvinIn Order to Turn Around Dallas Cowboys &#8230;Schottenheimer Needs God!!!<\/h2>\n<p>Published <time datetime=\"2025-02-13T00:30:21-08:00\">February 13, 2025 12:30 AM PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-8d62c809108bf9f99ae8ff408079dd20\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/0c\/16by9\/2025\/02\/07\/0c6d7b3ccb8c41aaa92fa378ca5c55b5_md.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Irvin Says Brian Schottenheimer Needs Act of God to Turn Around Cowboys\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1422d9fc2a77e6edf23b080110a57654\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Forget about a new left tackle and some improved QB play &#8230; Michael Irvin says <strong>Brian Schottenheimer<\/strong>&#8216;s going to need some holy water and crucifixes to turn around the Cowboys &#8212; telling <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> he&#8217;s convinced the only way the new head coach succeeds in Dallas is through an act of God.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7089bf62296c04b6f9cdd2717c4a06e1\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">The Playmaker went on a diatribe about Jerry Jones&#8217; newest hire while in New Orleans last week &#8230; making it 100 percent clear he doesn&#8217;t think Schottenheimer has much of a chance at wins without God&#8217;s help.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-19f118219a4c535980ae4b95fe994cf5\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-25f726172810dce2ed90a899c0f0f8cb\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">In the middle of a crowded Bourbon Street &#8230; Irvin yelled at the top of his lungs that a higher power is going to be necessary in order to make the Schottenheimer move ultimately make sense for the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4c93c4592fff235e02d16a826e774d8b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">&#8220;When He takes a Brian Schottenheimer, the least likely of them all, and then He gives him that position, and He does something great, you yourself will say it must&#8217;ve been God,&#8221; Irvin said. &#8220;Because we damn well know it wasn&#8217;t Brian Schottenheimer!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-35ada7d7a8e44728ef7779bd52bcd15b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Irvin, of course, has not been shy about the Cowboys&#8217; head coaching position in the wake of Mike McCarthy&#8217;s departure &#8230; as he was adamant that Deion Sanders would have been the best choice.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5a22630b01f953ac192c8b190a21878a\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a821aaf173e5c4d20553439d21fd5683\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Doesn&#8217;t seem his mind&#8217;s changed much in the ensuing days &#8230; because Irvin added, &#8220;There are great odds against Brian Schottenheimer in turning around the Cowboys in a great way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-657ef691a1c40543d2f54fff5ba1b1e7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Schottenheimer will nonetheless get on the road to turning around Dallas soon &#8212; organized team activities begin in just a few weeks &#8230; with or without rosary beads.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h3>related articles<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<ul>Michael Irvin Deion Sanders TMZ Sports Exclusive Dallas Cowboys NFL<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Irvin tells TMZ Sports he&#8217;s convinced the only way Brian Schottenheimer succeeds in Dallas is through an act of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":33834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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