Fans of both the American film classic Pulp Fiction and America’s Team, the Dallas Cowboys, know only one thing tastier than a Big Kahuna burger, and that’s a 40 Burger. After only accomplishing the feat five times in the five-year stretch from 2015 through 2019 in the last half of the Jason Garrett era, Dallas has surpassed the 40-point barrier 11 times in the three seasons under Mike McCarthy, nine of them over the last two years.
Scoring 40 points may seem an offensive stat, but it rarely happens without big stops and forced turnovers by the defense or hidden-yardage dominance thanks to special teams. The group effort extends beyond on-field performance, too. It’s fueled by having great intel about opponent tendencies, how to carry one’s self in high-leverage situations and even data-driven approaches to player acquisition. On Thursday, the Cowboys made a front office acquisition geared towards making a step up in that realm, hiring John Park as Director of Strategic Football Operations.
The Cowboys are hiring John Park from the Colts as their Director of Strategic Football Operations, per sources.
Park was the Director of Football Research with the Colts. He had been with Indianapolis since 2016.
— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) June 7, 2023