Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told fans he is still a "risk taker" and hiring Brian Schottenheimer as head coach is "is as big a risk as you can take."

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones discussed the exit of former head coach Mike McCarthy after he was eventually replaced by offensive coordinator

The Cowboys have retreated into their turtle shell, which continues to harden over the years and is now impacting every alligator-armed attempt to reach success. | From @KDDrummondNFL

The hire of Brian Schottenheimer sent shockwaves around the NFL. In what seemed to be a combination of the “familiarity” hire and a “trying to out-think the room” hire, the Dallas Cowboys made long-time NFL offensive coordinator,

Jerry Jones defended himself on Monday after facing backlash about hiring Brian Schottenheimer as the new head coach of the Cowboys.

Schottenheimer replaced Mike McCarthy, who recently departed after five seasons. McCarthy (49-35) led the Cowboys to the postseason three times, getting just one victory. McCarthy also produced three consecutive 12-win seasons.

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

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

FOX 4's Jeff Kolb discusses the 10 questions that Jerry Jones needs to answer about the process that led to the hiring of Brian Schottenheimer.

For the third time, Jerry Jones looked down the hall to find his head coach. And if hiring Brian Schottenheimer on Friday night to be the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys doesn’t make you sick, wait ‘til you read what Jerry said.

Cowboys are hiring offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach, Jerrry Jones tells ESPN. “Brian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant,” Jones said. “He ain’t Brian no more. He is now known as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.” pic.twitter.com/JtGoltP1mC