Cowboys Hot Seat: Does Win At Colts End 'Fire Schotty' Movement?

The Dallas Cowboys escaped Lucas Oil Stadium with a 27-23 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, in what some would call a season-saving win for coach Brian Schottenheimer.

But if we are being truthful, the win doesn't move the needle at all in terms of how Schottenheimer and this team are viewed.

The "hot seat'' remains hot.

The offense once again looked disjointed, with CeeDee Lamb posting 195 yards and a touchdown from 10 catches, but he had several offensive pass interference calls, not to mention a bad fumble as well.

Most of the Cowboys' 14 penalties (153 yards) were on the offense, which, as we know, is a coaching problem.

So too was DeMarvion Overshown, who was inactive due to injury, running onto the field after Shemar James recovered a fumble by Jonathan Taylor, which Quinnen Williams forced, and Dallas was penalized.

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The offense for me, is the big talking point coming out of the game, and not in a good way.

With the defense playing well in the first half yet again, at one stage, forcing four straight punts by the Colts' offense, Dallas' unit simply couldn't get rolling.

The Cowboys punted on three consecutive drives before the Lamb touchdown to end the first half.

But after the defense forced another punt to start the third quarter, Schottenheimer's offense, up 17-7, had a chance to drive the final nail into the coffin but again failed, forced to punt.

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The Colts then scored a touchdown, followed by Lamb's fumble, and the Colts kicked a field goal to tie it at 20-20.

It is now the second consecutive week that the defense has done enough in the first half for the Cowboys' offense to put the game away, yet failed to do so.

And the fact that it needed another game-winning drive from Dak Prescott with a little over a minute for a team that is 2-7 and in fire sale mode isn't great.

Schotty, of course, has his own perspective.

Said Schottenheimer: “I loved the heart. The best way to learn how to win is to win. And to finish. This game is crazy. … The men in that locker room weren’t gonna let us lose.”

So, rah-rah?

Yes, Cowboys Nation, you take the win to move to 4-5 because you should celebrate a win when you get one, but if we are looking at the grand scheme of things, the manner in which Dallas played utlimately doesn't end the "Fire Schotty'' movement.