{"id":447322,"date":"2024-03-07T06:03:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T06:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=447322"},"modified":"2024-03-07T06:03:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T06:03:13","slug":"former-cowboys-te-dalton-schultz-questions-teams-approach-calls-it-a-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-cowboys-te-dalton-schultz-questions-teams-approach-calls-it-a-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Cowboys TE Dalton Schultz Questions Team&#8217;s Approach, Calls It A Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In North American sports, the Dallas Cowboys are the most valued franchise. Jerry Jones, to put it simply, has created an empire. but there&#8217;s Dalton Schultz who absolutely hates it!<\/p>\n<h2>Former Cowboys TE Dalton Schultz Questions Team&#8217;s Approach, Calls It A Zoo<\/h2>\n<p>But that dominion has expanded well beyond the football field. Building AT&amp;T Stadium and The Star, the team&#8217;s headquarters that include a practice facility and strip mall, came at a cost of $1.3 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with &#8220;The Pat McAfee Show,&#8221; Schultz opened up on his experiences, highlighting the Texans&#8217; football-centric mindset and the impressive facilities of the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cowboys<\/a> TE Dalton Schultz took a dig at the culture and locker room in Dallas referring to the setting being too high pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Thank God the Cowboys have Jake Ferguson who isn\u2019t afraid of the lights. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2gvmRz0umh\">pic.twitter.com\/2gvmRz0umh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ernie The Cowboys Fan (@es3_09) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/es3_09\/status\/1765510689823855075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dalton Schultz spent five years as a member of the Dallas Cowboys and says he was always in a &#8220;zoo-like&#8221; atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back on his tenure with the Cowboys, Schultz compared the organization&#8217;s practices to a show, emphasizing attention-grabbing and optimizing brand visibility.<\/p>\n<p>Before signing a one-year contract with the Houston Texans before the 2018 season, Dalton Schultz played his first five seasons with the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>Given that Dallas was all he had ever known in the NFL, Schultz claimed he was terrified to leave the city. However, upon arriving to the Texans, he was relieved to see that the group&#8217;s \u00a0&#8220;focus is just football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dalton Schultz on Cowboys facilities environment vs Texans<\/p>\n<p>With the tours, the cowboys weight room was \u201clike a zoo\u201d \u201cpeople tapping on the glass while trying to do power cleans\u201d \ud83d\ude2e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eDOeRbU1ej\">pic.twitter.com\/eDOeRbU1ej<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Houston Stressans (@TexansCommenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexansCommenter\/status\/1765530523177230511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was one of the first things that kind of stuck out to me, is like, it feels like much more \u2013 I don\u2019t want to say college because it\u2019s not \u2013 but the focus is just football, you know what I mean?&#8221; Schultz said on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>Schultz added, &#8220;Going back and telling some people how kind of being around the Cowboys&#8217; practice facility, game day, describing some of the interactions and stuff that you see on a daily basis surprised a lot of people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re like, \u2018Holy c**p, that actually happens at a practice facility?\u2019 You think it\u2019s normal, and then you come to a place like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fans being able to see the squad train through one-way mirrors has reportedly been judged weird, Schultz stated, making the facility feel like &#8220;a zoo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">jake ferguson\u00a0 is better than Dalton Schultz and there is no debate \ud83d\udcaf\ud83d\udcaf\ud83d\udcaf <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pC2sxko667\">pic.twitter.com\/pC2sxko667<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u272d NICK \u272d (@NICKC8811) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NICKC8811\/status\/1765575703855075631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s people literally going on tours while you\u2019re lifting in the weight room. And they\u2019ve got, like, they\u2019ve got a one-way mirror for people to like look at. It&#8217;s a zoo, dude. There\u2019s people tapping on the glass trying to get people\u2019s attention as they\u2019re doing power cleans or what not. It\u2019s just, it\u2019s different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s the brand that they\u2019ve built. That\u2019s what Jerry Jones likes. That\u2019s the way that they run things, and there\u2019s nothing wrong with that. It\u2019s just you don\u2019t realize how many eyeballs and how much that can maybe distract from stuff just in a locker room being in the facility until you go somewhere else, and you\u2019re like, \u2018Holy c**p, dude, there\u2019s none of that.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Cowboys now Texans TE Dalton Schultz described the locker room environment at The Star on Wednesday on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatMcAfeeShow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;There&#39;s people literally going on tours while you&#39;re lifting in the weight room&#8230; that&#39;s the brand that they&#39;ve built. That&#39;s what Jerry Jones\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aiE68oFkLw\">pic.twitter.com\/aiE68oFkLw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rjochoa\/status\/1765504538595750219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Schultz caught 59 of 88 passes in 2023, gaining 635 yards and five touchdowns. In terms of yards, yards per target, and touchdowns, it was his second-best season. He also developed into a more potent downfield threat, averaging the most yards per grab (10.8) of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Given the resources available to them and how potential the Texans were, Schultz is in a strong position to be an important member of an AFC contender for many years to come.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While on with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatMcAfeeShow<\/a> today, Texans Tight End Dalton Schultz (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BinghamBaller9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BinghamBaller9<\/a>) had some HIGH praise for his teammate &amp; former Coog, WR Tank Dell (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tankdell4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tankdell4<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Bro.. Tank is a freakin&#39; beast, bro.. 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