{"id":619655,"date":"2026-02-27T10:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/619655\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:08:31","slug":"what-grade-did-brian-schottenheimer-receive-after-first-year-as-cowboys-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/619655\/","title":{"rendered":"What grade did Brian Schottenheimer receive after first year as Cowboys HC?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of the year again.<\/p>\n

The NFLPA\u2019s 2026 report cards were made public Thursday in a report from ESPN. <\/a>This year\u2019s survey was based on responses from 1,759 players across the league.<\/p>\n

This year, the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> received a few A-minuses in several categories. The lowest grade the team received was D for its training room.<\/p>\n

Brian Schottenheimer<\/a> earned a high grade after his first year as Cowboys head coach. He received an A-minus. Meanwhile, offensive coordinator Klayton Adams<\/a> was also seen in a positive light as he earned an A.<\/p>\n

Cowboys<\/p>\n

Be the smartest Cowboys fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n

By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n

Former defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, who oversaw a historically bad Cowboys defense,<\/a> was given a C grade. Special teams coordinator Nick Sorensen was given a B-plus.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys were bumped down in categories like training room (D), locker room (B-plus) and team travel (C) compared to last year\u2019s survey. Last year, Dallas was given a C for its training room, an A for its locker room and a B-minus for team travel.<\/p>\n

There wasn\u2019t a lot of change in terms of grading for Cowboys owner\/general manager Jerry Jones. <\/a>He earned Bs in both the general manager and ownership category. The team\u2019s ownership was given a B last year.<\/p>\n

See Dallas\u2019 full report card below:<\/p>\n

Full Cowboys breakdown<\/p>\nCategoryGrade<\/tr>\n\nTreatment of families<\/td>\nB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHome game field<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFood\/dining area<\/td>\nB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNutritionist\/dietician<\/td>\nB+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLocker room<\/td>\nB+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTraining room<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTraining staff<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWeight room<\/td>\nA-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nStrength coaches<\/td>\nA-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPosition coaches<\/td>\nB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOffensive coordinator<\/td>\nA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDefensive coordinator<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSpecial teams coordinator<\/td>\nB+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTeam travel<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHead coach<\/td>\nA-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGeneral manager<\/td>\nB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTeam ownership<\/td>\nB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s that time of the year again. The NFLPA\u2019s 2026 report cards were made public Thursday in a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":619656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,10768,7311,1596,8998,1232,62,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-619655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brief","10":"tag-cowboys","11":"tag-dallas","12":"tag-dallas-cowboys","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116142047621619358","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}