Stephen A. Smith has embraced needling the Dallas Cowboys and their fans as a recurring bit and the franchise has provided him ample opportunity to do so in recent years. The face of ESPN pushed quite hard for the Cowboys to hire Deion Sanders but Jerry Jones instead opted to go the very boring route with Brian Schottenheimer.

Stephen A. Smith was on ‘First Take,’ criticizing Jerry Jones’ hiring of Brian Schottenehimer as Dallas Cowboys head coach.

Jones has been making mistakes left, right, and center lately. His most recent head coaching hire, Brian Schottenheimer, was not well-received by the greater NFL world, but especially not by the Cowboys faithful, as Dominique Foxworth pointed out.

Deion Sanders is still the head coach at Colorado. He could be conceivably persuaded to coach the Dallas Cowboys, who need a new leader after parting with Mike McCarthy. That is, if the Cowboys want to do that.

Stephen A. Smith calls out Jerry Jones after the Cowboys settled on Brian Schottenheimer to be the team's new head coach.

Can the Dallas Cowboys turn around their fortunes in ... despite already currently employed as a head coach. ESPN's Stephen A. Smith believes former Cowboys legend and current Colorado Buffaloes ...

According to Smith, Sanders could significantly impact the Cowboys' 2025 fortunes in a positive way. He issued a championship prediction for Dallas should Sanders end up getting the nod from owner Jerry Jones in the wake of Mike McCarthy 's exit from the team.

The team announced Friday night that former offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer will be the tenth head coach in Cowboys history.

The Dallas Cowboys hosted the introductory press conference for newly appointed head coach Brian Schottenheimer, but several comments from Stephen and Jerry Jones were sour notes.

The Cowboys could have used this as a "sickness-and-cure'' admission to demonstrate how "Schotty'' is going to end the 29-year drought. Instead, with two wagging fingers, Stephen Jones suggested that there really is no 29-year drought at all.

Schottenheimer—a long-time NFL offensive coordinator—last called plays during his time with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021. The 51-year-old has been the offensive coordinator for the New York Jets, Seattle Seahawks, and the University of Georgia over his nearly 30-year coaching career.

Stephen Jones used air quotes to describe the Dallas Cowboys title game drought which sent fans into an uproar.