For the third time in as many years, the Cowboys are going on the road to face the Panthers. It’s the kind of recurring matchup usually reserved just for division rivals, but this has become an interesting sort of rivalry in recent years. Not much of one, though, as Dallas won both games by a combined 63-24 score.

However, there’s a new layer to this pseudo-rivalry: the head coaches. In Dallas, Brian Schottenheimer is a first-year head coach who calls the plays. In Carolina, it’s Dave Canales, in his second as both head man and play-caller.

Both have cited Pete Carroll as a major influence. Schottenheimer only spent three years with Carroll, as his offensive coordinator from 2018 to 2020, but it helped shape his approach to being a head coach. Meanwhile, Canales was on Carroll’s Seahawks

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