With the Dallas Cowboys off to a disappointing 1-2 start to the 2025 campaign, Brian Schottenheimer needs all the support he can get as America's Team prepares for a highly emotional matchup against a returning Micah Parsons and the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football.
And during his final press conference ahead of this high-profile rivalry contest on Friday, Schottenheimer certainly got plenty of that, as legendary Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach interrupted the proceedings to profess his admiration for the first-year head coach.
As Schottenheimer was answering a question from the media on how the Dallas defense plans to stop Josh Jacobs and the Green Bay rushing attack - I mean, we all know how important defensing the run game is to Jerry Jones, so it was obviously an important question - Staubach, now 83, entered the room, and Schotty took no time in shutting himself down to acknowledge the Hall of Famer.
Cowboys legend Roger Staubach crashed Brian Schottenheimer's press conference
Pro Football Hall of Fame QB Roger Staubach interrupts Brian Schottenheimer’s press conference to say hey and that he’s pulling for the #DallasCowboys. pic.twitter.com/UDRTujd3YL
— Garrett Podell (@garrettpodell) September 26, 2025
"Oh my goodness gracious. I will stop what I'm doing for this," Schottenheimer said when he noticed Staubach, whom he'd actually never met before that moment, despite joining the Cowboys' coaching staff in 2022. And Staubach, who led the Cowboys to the franchise's first two Super Bowl victories back in the 1970s, certainly gave the Dallas leader a nice little ego boost.
"This is my favorite coach," Staubach said of Schottenheimer. "I'm such a Cowboy fan. Coach, I'm for you. I still love the Cowboys. It's amazing how when I sit down and watch the Cowboys game I feel like I'm out there. Right now we're OK, but we're gonna get better."
"No doubt. That's the plan," Schottenheimer responded. And once Staubach made his exit, Schottenheimer was still pretty excited about what had just transpired. "That's pretty cool," he said. "I'm juiced up."
And his Cowboys will undoubtedly have to be juiced up when they take the field to battle the Packers. While the Dallas offense has been solid through the first three weeks of the season, ranking 10th in the league in scoring with 24.7 points per game and fourth with 393.7 total yards per contest, Dak Prescott & Co. will have to contend with Parsons and a Green Bay defense that's allowed the fewest points (14.7) and the third-fewest yards (232.3).
And while the Packers' offense hasn't been overly explosive, Jordan Love and his unit will face a Dallas defense that's allowed the sixth-most points (30.7), the third-most total yards (397.7), and easily the most passing yards (288.0) in the league coming into Week 4.