The Dallas Cowboys response to dropping out of the playoffs at 7-10 and third in the NFC East a year ago, after making the postseason as a 12-game winner the previous three seasons, has been a lot of getting back to basics. For a team that was so fundamentally broken in the final year for head coach Mike McCarthy, one that left the team so unrecognizable from his past successes that many fans have a hard time remembering all McCarthy actually did accomplish on the football side of things over his tenure, this renewed focus on fundamentals has been praised at some turns, but criticized feverishly at others - mainly the hiring of offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to replace McCarthy as head coach.
Number one goal for Brian Schottenheimer is clear as team passes on WR in draft
