ARLINGTON, Texas -- Brian Schottenheimer was having a rough week.
The Dallas Cowboys' first-year head coach had three extra days to sit with a tough season-opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles before coaching again Sunday against the New York Giants. Early last week, both of his dogs were bitten by snakes. On Friday, his 82-year-old mother broke her arm and was hospitalized.
"So I was hoping things would turn around at some point," Schottenheimer said after Sunday's game.
They did, of course. Then they turned back the other way.