Cowboys Coach Brian Schottenheimer Reveals Marshawn Kneeland’s Girlfriend Is Pregnant
Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer has revealed that the late Marshawn Kneeland’s girlfriend is pregnant.
Schottenheimer met with the media following the Cowboys’ bye week when he revealed that Kneeland’s girlfriend, Catalina Mancera, is expecting the couple’s first child together. She spoke out on Monday (Nov. 10) following the Cowboys’ defensive end’s death last week.
“I’m grieving hard right now,” Catalina Mancera told the Daily Mail on Monday, November 10. “It will be a long time before I’ll feel ready to talk at any length.”
During Schottenheimer’s first meeting with the media since Kneeland’s death, the first-year head coach remembered Kneeland for his warmth and contagious smile.
“Marshawn loved the words one love, so we talked a lot about love as we grieved,” Schottenheimer said of the Cowboys’ private celebration of Kneeland’s life.
“His smile could take you to your knees. In terms of him as an athlete, no one had a better motor than him.”
Kneeland died on Thursday, Nov. 6, following a brief police chase. The NFL star was found dead near his abandoned car on the Dallas Parkway due to an apparent suicide. Mancera told authorities that Kneeland had “a history of mental illness.”
The family spoke out following the death of Kneeland who was in his second-year in the NFL. He scored his first-ever career touchdown during the Monday Night Football game against the Arizona Cardinals. While Mancera hasn’t responded to the pregnancy reveal, she stated on Monday that the family is continuing to grieve the loss of Kneeland and are preparing for burial services.
“We’re still in the early stages of everything,” Mancera added. “We are working on the funeral arrangements. I don’t know where it’s going to be yet.”
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones recently revealed that the team will honor Kneeland throughout the season with special decals on their helmets.
DK Metcalf Acknowledges Mistake in Failed Touchdown Play Against Week 10 Loss
The Pittsburgh Steelers have to try and figure out how to make sure that poor offensive performance from Week 10 does not happen again. They showed no ability to move the ball down the field until garbage time late in the fourth quarter. Everything that could go wrong did for that unit. It's probably just an off night, but one more week of that type of play will result in fans panicking and once again loudly proclaiming that change has to happen, especially since their next opponent is currently statistically the worst defense in the NFL: the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Quarterback Aaron Rodgers took most of the blame for that awful Week 10 performance for his constant overthrows. However, top receiver DK Metcalf explained that his biggest overthrow was actually a good pass, and the incompletion was his own fault.
The play in particular was a scramble drill, and Metcalf tried to modify his route to make things easier on his quarterback. Instead, he missed the chance to get a big touchdown and have momentum swing towards Pittsburgh. Even though the Steelers lost by a lot more than seven points, that play could have helped so much more than the stat sheet could ever say.
Something clearly was not right in Rodgers' head all game long. However, if he connected with Metcalf on that play for what would have been a 41-yard touchdown, maybe that gives him the confidence needed to make those throws that he had missed throughout the game. We will never know for sure, but completing a pass like that definitely raises the confidence and morale of the entire team.
On that same front, maybe Metcalf gains more confidence in his routes if he does the right thing there and catches the ball. He could not get consistent separation throughout the game, as every move he made seemed to be the wrong one.
Steelers Should Learn From Defensive Mistakes
There is one theme that has constantly come up for Pittsburgh's defense over the past couple seasons: doing too much individually and not trusting teammates. There have been many times where the players say that they lost gap integrity or left a man wide open because they wanted to help others. In reality, if they just do their job and stick to their assignments each week, good things will happen.
That can be applied to the offense as well. Run your routes, stick to your assignments, and good things will happen. Metcalf has never been much of an elite route runner, but he still needs to learn this as well. Just do what you're supposed to do, and Rodgers will find a way to get you the ball. There's no need to run flat, especially when you have the ability to go up and score an early touchdown.
Sometimes, it's good to just get back to the basics. All these players in the NFL have these contracts because of how good they are, but sometimes they don't perform like that. They can overthink things, or the team gets behind, and they feel like have to do more -- which just puts them in a bigger hole.
