The Cowboys were one of the best offenses in football last season, but they can't rest on their laurels; they have to evolve.
The Dallas Cowboys' offense was the only real positive to come out of Brian Schottenheimer's first year as head coach.
Dak Prescott threw for over 4,500 yards and 30 TDs, while CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens both surpassed 1,000 receiving yards, and Javonte Williams posted 1,201 rushing yards and 11 TDs.
The Cowboys were one of the highest-scoring teams in football last season, before the late-season drop-off that saw them become allergic to the end zone in the second half of games.
So while the unit as a whole was superb, there is still plenty of room for improvement, and Schottenheimer has talked at length this offseason about evolving.
Yes, the offense was good last season, but the Cowboys can't simply roll out what they did last year again, as defenses would have gone to work on Dallas in the offseason.
So, how do the Cowboys evolve their offense in 2026?
Coordinator Klayton Adams has an idea.
“We did a lot of studies in the offseason just looking at things that maybe we were missing or things that don't fit our personnel or things that we didn't do enough,” Adams said. “That's where you start. I'm also a firm believer that the story of the season tends to write itself.
"It's one of the reasons I try not to tie the screws too tightly to what you want to do in the offseason, because somebody's going to invent something accidentally in the preseason or in week six, week seven, or week eight, and then you're going to go, I want to do that.
"I do think a lot of that's going to happen organically.”
So, there will be changes made to the scheme, but they won't be firmly put in place, likely a couple of wrinkles thrown in.
And as Adams states, the league is constantly evolving, so you can't be too stubborn in what you think will work, because in a month, the one thing you love could be obsolete.
So, it is a delicate balancing act the Cowboys have to walk this offseason, and yes, there will be changes to how they operate, but it is hardly definitive.
In fact, as Adams stated, most of it will happen organically, rather than the Cowboys purposefully switching it up.
Will that translate to better production on the field? That is the hope.
