‘Not A Difference Maker’: Bryan Broaddus Questions Brian Schottenheimer As Dallas Cowboys Play-Caller

FRISCO, Texas — A day after the Dallas Cowboys’ 33-30 overtime loss to the Arizona Cardinals, Bryan Broaddus said he never saw Brian Schottenheimer as a difference maker as a play-caller, in a clip posted Monday by 105.3 The Fan. Broaddus is a former LSU football player and NFL scout who co-hosts “The G-Bag Nation” on the station.

Schottenheimer calls the offensive plays for Dallas. The Cowboys are 3-5, and Schottenheimer is 10-14-1 in his second season as head coach.

Broaddus said he had been clipped on the station before for his comments. He started with how Schottenheimer sees himself.

“I got clipped here on the station talking about the fact that I just don’t see the whole ego thing and all that I think is a big thing,” Broaddus said. “He envisions himself as something he really isn’t.”

Bryan Broaddus Says Brian Schottenheimer Is ‘Surely Not A Difference Maker’

Dallas led 24-10 with 14:20 left in the fourth quarter Sunday and did not trail until overtime. The Cowboys finished with 261 total yards, 3.6 yards per play, and 93 rushing yards on 39 carries. In overtime, the offense ran 3 plays for minus-5 yards before punting.

Broaddus compared Schottenheimer to what he sees from opponents and their best players.

“Other teams, you see their best players taking advantage of poor defenses or poor offenses,” Broaddus explained. “There’s never anything where this guy is doing anything to give his team … I just never saw this guy as a difference maker. I just did not ever see him as a difference maker. And as a play caller, he’s surely not a difference maker.”

“He’s not doing anything to help you in a way that, like, if things start to go a little south, there’s never that, like, okay, I could go to this or I could go to that,” Broaddus continued.

Stephen Jones On Dallas Cowboys’ Late-Game Approach

Cowboys COO and executive vice president Stephen Jones spoke on the station’s “K&C Masterpiece” earlier Monday. He said the team was trying to run clock late with the defense playing well, and that Dallas played for a couple of field goals at the end of the game.

“I still think we can be a lot better offensively than we were yesterday,” Jones said.

At his own news conference Monday, Schottenheimer pushed back on the idea that Dallas got too conservative late. He said the Cowboys were trying to stay patient with the run game and did not finish drives.

“Yeah, I don’t think so,” Schottenheimer said. “I mean, I think when you look at the game, you’re always trying to stay patient with the run game. There’s always plays that you’d love to have back as players and coaches. But at the end of the day, it’s our job to finish games and finish drives.”

Schottenheimer was the Cowboys’ offensive coordinator in 2023 and 2024 under Mike McCarthy before Dallas hired him as head coach in January 2025. Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said after Sunday’s game that a coaching change was “not in my mind at this time.”

Dallas visits the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Nov. 8, at Lucas Oil Stadium. Kickoff is set for noon CT on FOX.