Colin Cowherd seems to have run out of patience with the Dallas Cowboys, and he isn’t stopping at the head coach. On Monday’s edition of “The Herd,” the Fox Sports analyst faulted head coach Brian Schottenheimer for the offense’s struggles.

He traced the problem back to owner and general manager Jerry Jones, a day after a 23-13 loss at Green Bay dropped Dallas to 2-4.

Colin Cowherd Calls It an Offensive Head Coach Problem

It was the Cowboys’ second straight defeat. The offense, Schottenheimer’s side of the ball, didn’t score in the first half and trailed 17-0 at Lambeau Field. Dallas hadn’t been shut out in a first half since November 7, 2021, against the Broncos, and Sunday’s first-half blank snapped an 86-game streak that was the fourth longest in NFL history, according to NBC Sports.

Schottenheimer was the Cowboys’ offensive coordinator when they promoted him to replace Mike McCarthy in January 2025. Cowherd argued that the unit he knows best is now the one letting the team down.

“He’s an offensive coach. He’s submarining the offense,” the analyst said. “The longer he coaches, the worse it gets.”

Cowherd didn’t stop with the coach: “This is all Jerry Jones. He didn’t follow his own advice. He got a bargain at head coach. He wanted a bargain, that’s exactly what he got.”

Cowherd pointed to Kyle Shanahan’s work with an injured roster last season as the standard for a head coach who squeezes every bit out of his talent. By that measure, he saw no excuse for what happened Sunday night.

“He has extra prep time because they played on Thursday. Five first downs in the first half and no points. What is going on?” he asked.

The Cowboys had 10 days to get ready after a 24-16 home loss on Thursday, October 8, to a Tampa Bay team that came in winless. In between came a players-only meeting and a new consultant on the defensive staff. Even so, both of Dak Prescott’s interceptions came in the first half, on drives that had reached the Green Bay 17 and 28.

Dallas surrendered only 23 points, Cowherd noted. The defense held the Packers to 57 rushing yards and sacked Jordan Love three times.

“The longer he’s on the job, the worse it gets. And that’s an offensive head coach problem,” Cowherd continued.

Dallas came into Sunday seventh in the NFL at 27.6 points per game, after averaging roughly 34 points per game from Week 2 through Week 4. Since then, it has scored a combined 29 points in two losses.

The Cowboys rank No. 6 and have an impact score of 80.4 on PFN’s NFL Offense Impact Rankings.

Stephen Jones Stands by Brian Schottenheimer

The front office isn’t budging. Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones went on “105.3 The Fan” on Monday and left no doubt that he and Jerry Jones are behind the coach, his staff and the roster: “There’s not any question in Jerry and my mind. He has the team.”

Stephen called the start frustrating and said the way the offense has played has been surprising.

The Packers pressured Prescott 21 times, by the team website’s count. He finished 34-of-54 for 258 yards and a touchdown, and he didn’t mince words about where the loss belonged: “The defense, to me, played a good enough game for us to go out there and win this, and we just didn’t hold our own on offense.”

Schottenheimer said throwing that much was never the plan. Dallas ran for just 48 yards on 15 carries, and the coach took that on himself: “Got to find a running game. That starts with myself and the offensive staff.”

He made some personnel changes for the trip to Green Bay. He also said he is open to shaking things up, though he won’t change who he is or how he sees the game.

Schottenheimer didn’t sugarcoat where that leaves his team: “We’re in a hole, we put ourselves there. There’s one way out of it.”

The next chance comes on the road. Dallas gets an extra day to prepare before visiting the 2-4 Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on Monday, October 26.