HOUSTON — After Dalton Schultz re-signed with Houston this week, the tight end made an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show Wednesday to talk about re-upping with the Texans.
On Tuesday, it was reported that the NFL veteran signed a three-year deal worth $36 million with $23.5 million guaranteed.
While on the show, Schultz talked about why he wanted to remain in Houston. Schultz, 27, joined Houston last season on a one-year deal after spending the first five seasons of his career in Dallas.
"The focus is just football, you know what I mean?" Schultz said during the interview about playing for coach DeMeco Ryans and the Texans. "I'm going back and telling some people about being around the Cowboys practice facility and game day and describing some of the interactions and stuff that you see on a day-to-day basis and it surprises a lot of people. They're like, 'Holy crap. That actually happens at a practice facility?' You think it's normal, and then you come to a place like this."
The Texans tight end said that while he was in Dallas fans were allowed to take tours of the facility while the players were working out.
"It's literally a zoo, dude," Schultz said. "There's people tapping on the glass trying to get people's attention while they're doing power cleans or whatever. It's different. That's the brand that they've built, that's what (owner) Jerry Jones likes, that's the way that they run things and there's nothing wrong with that. You don't realize how many eyeballs and how much that can maybe distract in the locker room, just being in the facility until you go somewhere else and you're like, 'Holy crap, there's none of that.'"
The Cowboys drafted Schultz out of Stanford in the fourth round of the 2018 NFL Draft. The Texans’ tight end hauled in 59 passes for 635 yards and five touchdowns in 2023.
For his career, Schultz has 270 receptions for 2,757 yards and 22 touchdowns.
Watch the full interview below: