Ex-Cowboys TE Dalton Schultz Questions Former Team's Focus On Football: 'It's A Zoo'

Houston Texans tight end Dalton Schultz sounds happy to have moved on from the Dallas Cowboys, comparing the team's operations to that of a "zoo" during a segment on ‘The Pat McAfee Show.’

Schultz joined the Texans last offseason after five years in Dallas. Reflecting on his time in the Big D, Schultz expressed relief that the Texans do things differently, namely focusing more on football than the NFL spectacle.

HOUSTON - Dalton Schultz of the Houston Texans prior to an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Cleveland Browns at NRG Stadium on January 13. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

The 27-year-old shared how the Cowboys' practice facilities often felt like a "zoo" and that Jerry Jones' empire is more invested in how many eyeballs are watching.

"That was one of the first things that kind of stuck out to me, is like, it feels like much more – I don’t want to say college because it’s not – but the focus is just football, you know what I mean?" Schultz said on Wednesday. 

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Schultz added, "Going back and telling some people how kind of being around the Cowboys' practice facility, game day, describing some of the interactions and stuff that you see on a daily basis surprised a lot of people. 

"They’re like, ‘Holy c**p, that actually happens at a practice facility?’ You think it’s normal, and then you come to a place like this."

Frankly, few teams envy Dallas' current situation. Stuck with an inconsistent yet expensive quarterback in Dak Prescott, dissatisfied with head coach Mike McCarthy and hosting several high-end players worth a pretty penny, the Cowboys are in desperate need of a reboot but are too proud a franchise to do so.

Dallas Cowboys Owner, President and General Manager Jerry Jones. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

"There’s people literally going on tours while you’re lifting in the weight room," Schultz continued. "And they’ve got, like, they’ve got a one-way mirror for people to like look at. It's a zoo, dude. There’s people tapping on the glass trying to get people’s attention as they’re doing power cleans or whatnot. It’s just, it’s different."

"That’s the brand that they’ve built. That’s what Jerry Jones likes. That’s the way that they run things, and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just you don’t 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’re like, ‘Holy c**p, dude, there’s none of that.’"

The Cowboys' ‘primetime’ persona, offset by lackluster results on the field, makes them an easy target around the league. Dallas hasn't won a Super Bowl since ‘96 but parade around the NFL as if they're the crème de la crème of the league. Let's see how long that carries on.

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