On Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys took their worst loss of the 2026 season with a brutal home collapse at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals. The Cowboys were in control of the game for most of the way but faltered late, allowing Gardner Minshew and company to torch them in the fourth quarter and then win the game in overtime.

Many were calling for the job of head coach Brian Schottenheimer after the debacle, but it does not appear that owner Jerry Jones is on board with that line of thinking.

Recently, Jones said he does not think Sunday's loss to the Cardinals requires “very succinct important changes… Because I like the way we’re trending,” per Joseph Hoyt of the Dallas Morning News, per 105.3 The FAN.

Jones also spoke on the concerns from fans that Schottenheimer's playcalling was overly conservative.

“We were playing a game to avoid turnovers the best we could. The game plan you saw was doing that. You can call that conservative if you want to. The game plan was based on us running the ball better than when we ran it. And when they did stack it really good … it’s certainly based on us giving [Dak Prescott] better protection,” he said.

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It was the second straight year that the Cowboys suffered an embarrassing loss at home to the Cardinals, and it dropped them to 3-5 on the season. While the ineptitude of the NFC East means that Dallas is still very much alive in its playoff quest, it's still hard to envision anything positive happening if they were to backdoor their way into the postseason.

The Cowboys will next hit the field next Sunday for a road game vs the Indianapolis Colts.