Jones, the executive vice president of player personnel and co-owner of the franchise, was asked by Yahoo!'s Jori Epstein why he had confidence in Schottenheimer despite the fact that he last called plays in 2020 and hasn't shown much in the way of scheming up a modern offense. Here's how he responded.

In order to move forward and see where your Cowboys might be headed years from now, we must first look back. The local team was actually just one of four to unveil a new coach Monday, but their announcement was the only one that came with an intermission.

The Dallas Cowboys introduced Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach on Monday. While Schottenheimer injected a semblance of confidence into fans with his calculated answers, Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones tarnished all of it in the hour-plus press conference.