Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Klayton Adams is busy installing a new scheme and elevating the run game in his second season calling plays. Yet one project currently rolling around in the back of his mind has nothing to do with play-action or protection adjustments.
Adams is campaigning for a hot dog fridge in the team’s break room, and he is not settling for any ordinary setup.
“How can you really have a break room or a snack room if you don’t have a hot dog fridge?” he asked reporters this week. “And if you’re gonna have a hot dog fridge, you have to have high-quality hot dogs in it. And if you’re gonna have high-quality hot dogs, we have to have brioche buns and maybe some pretzel buns.”
The vision expands from there. Adams is also eyeing an industrial-sized 7-Eleven hot dog roller to keep the franks properly rotating. He even dropped free culinary advice learned during a family trip to Disneyland. After struggling to steam or toast buns the conventional way, a vendor set him straight: Put the dog in the bun, wrap it in foil, and let the heat do the work.
“It’s been revolutionary,” Adams declared.
For a franchise valued in the billions, the request carries a lighthearted punch. Head coach Brian Schottenheimer has spoken about building the greatest culture in sports. Whether that culture includes perfectly steamed buns and a steady supply of premium dogs now sits with ownership.
Adams, for his part, is simply working the problem one frank at a time.
