Jerry Jones both admitted he’s taking a major risk and delivered a message to critics on Monday sitting beside his new Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer.

Jones: 'He's had 25 years being around the kinds of things that he's gonna have to draw on to be a coach of the Dallas Cowboys."

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was blunt as always when assessing his hire of Brian Schottenheimer as his next head coach during an introductory press conference on Monday.

The Dallas Cowboys attempted to pull off the classic Friday news dump technique last weekend when they announced they were promoting offensive coordinator

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones called his decision to promote Brian Schottenheimer to head coach "as big a risk as you can take."

I started the conversation three or four years ago, returning each year since, in explaining why the Cowboys don't sign external free agents. They conduct football

Jerry Jones explained why Brian Schottenheimer was the better Dallas Cowboys head coaching candidate than former Detroit Lions coordinators Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones probably realizes hiring someone without any head-coaching experience could be an ill-advised gamble.

Jones made the comfortable move that likely won't cost too much to replace Mike McCarthy as the Cowboys head coach

The Dallas Cowboys' search for a new head coach finally came to an end this week as the franchise promoted offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to the role.

As a group phone call shows, Schottenheimer is very much a "Dak-friendly'' hire ... with the next question to be answered: Will it ever be a Cowboys Nation-friendly hire?

Jerry Jones called the decision "as big a risk as you could take" but believes hiring Brian Schottenheimer gives the team the best chance to succeed.