The Cowboys will select their offensive coordinator, and it won’t be Jason Witten.

Just as coach Mike McCarthy did the year before, his successor at the helm of the Dallas Cowboys, Brian Schottenheimer, will be in charge of play-calling. However, on Friday the Cowboys named their offensive coordinator, Klayton Adams, who has NFL experience as the Arizona Cardinals’ offensive line coach

Adams, 41, comes to the Steelers after serving in the same position with the Cardinals for the past two seasons and has a good reputation in the league as a ground attack designer. In 2024, the Cardinals had the seventh-best rushing offense in the league, averaging 144.2 yards per game and were second in yards per carry with 5.3.

Their starting running back, James Conner, rushed for 1,094 yards and eight touchdowns for Arizona in 2024, which had a disastrous season. While the Cowboys were led by Rico Dowdle, who will be an unrestricted free agent, with 1,079 yards and only two touchdowns. The Cowboys had only six rushing touchdowns in the campaign, after the ground attack took a long time to get going in the season.

The Cowboys are also expected to hire an offensive line coach, one for running backs and another for wide receivers

Before joining Arizona, Adams spent four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, in charge of the tight ends and as an assistant on the offensive line.

Gronkowski is siding with the fans on this occasion and thinks that Jones has made some wrong calls.

Speaking on the Dudes on Dudes podcast, Gronkowski and Julian Edelman were talking about how well the Washington Commanders were doing with Dan Quinn as their head coach. Quinn was defensive coordinator on the Cowboys for three seasons.

“If you look at it, why the Cowboys were 12 and five over the last couple years. I mean without him being with the Dallas Cowboys they absolutely tanked this year on the defensive side of the ball. Even Michael Parsons brought up that they missed Dan Quinn throughout this season as well,” Gronkowski said.

When Dan Quinn was going to the Commanders, Jones told him: “That’s such an important fan base. Dan, you’re the right man for that.”