34-30 come-from-behind win over the Texans<\/a> on Sunday, head coach Brian Schottenheimer announced in his post-game news conference that linebacker Shemar James was already gone \u2014 on his way back to Dallas before most\u00a0of the team had even taken their pads off.<\/p>\nThe reason? James’ wife had gone into labor.<\/p>\n
Schottenheimer told reporters that James had caught a ride home on the Jones family plane to expedite his trip straight back to Dallas.<\/p>\n
“There’s no one more excited in that locker room right now than George Pickens,” Schottenheimer said to reporters, answering a question about the wide receiver before reminding himself: “Well, maybe. Shemar James’ wife is in labor, and he’ll be flying home with the Joneses. And that’s pretty cool. So, praying for an easy delivery, and God is good.”<\/p>\n
Schottenheimer’s news in the conference also made the Cowboys’ postgame locker room scene a little clearer, and a lot funnier: James, clad only in a towel, is the one who breaks the team down to close out the meeting, and offers a quick “Cowboys on me, Cowboys on three” before scurrying off to the showers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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