Many would call the Cowboys’ hiring of Brian Schottenheimer on Friday night as the next head coach a decision founded in comfort and safety. While that’s true from a football operations standpoint, it’s also perhaps the riskiest decision Jones could have made. That risk isn’t tied to wins and losses, but something Jones cares about even more.

Reaction to Brian Schottenheimer being named the Cowboys next head coach has gone... Well, about the way you’d expect for a piece of news the club chose to drop a little before 9 o’clock on a Friday evening.

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