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With the onset of the NFL scouting combine, the unofficial start of the league year has descended upon the people. Front offices and player agents will accidentally bump into each other during the weeklong event in Indianapolis and do their best not to discuss the myriad of free agents who may be looking for new teams.
Of course, all of this will be done under the veil of conversations about players who are currently under contract, but those in the know, know. Free agency has now started and all of those deals which are announced as soon as the starting gun on the new league year fires are forged during the scouting combine.
Read: 2025 NFL Scouting Combine dates, times, location, how to watch
One thing that is above the board is the chance for front office executives and coaches to speak to the media, with all 32 teams getting a podium for a media scrum. This will be the first time new Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer is going to be inundated with national reporters, after moving up from offensive coordinator to replace Mike McCarthy.
Schottenheimer will meet with the media on Thursday, 2/27 at 3:30 pm; the only team representive scheduled for that day as all other teams will go on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Unlike other teams, though, the Cowboys front office will not have a coordinated appearance for a media scrum. Dallas is one of just three organizations without a GM date/time of availability.
Rest assured, though, fans will hear from owner/GM Jerry Jones. Most years, Jones holds court for the media aboard his mammoth traveling circus of a bus that wheels into Indy every year.
Expect the same in 2025.