For the fourth offseason in a row, the Dallas Cowboys are on the hunt for a new defensive coordinator.
Eberflus was in charge of a defense that allowed the most points in the league and gave up the second-most yards in franchise history. The Cowboys also allowed 511 points, Now, the Cowboys will look to replace Eberflus and most likely undergo a revamp of the defense.
Here’s what we know about why the decision was made, and which coaches the Cowboys could target:Eberflus was hired last offseason after spending three seasons as the head coach of the Chicago Bears. He was fired there before the end of the 2024 season. The Cowboys were familiar with Eberflus, as he was the linebackers coach from 2011-2017 before taking over as defensive coordinator with the Indianapolis Colts.Dallas gave up 500 points for the first time in club history, allowing 511 for an average of 30.1. The only higher average was the 30.8 points per game given up by the franchise’s winless expansion team in 1960. The defense’s six interceptions are a franchise low, and the 12 takeaways were the second fewest in club history. The Cowboys finished tied for 30th in the NFL with a minus-9 turnover margin, which helped lead Dallas to consecutive losing seasons for the first time in more than two decades.for their new defensive coordinator. The list, not surprisingly based on Dallas’ hiring history, is heavy on former head coaches.Teams can start interviewing candidates not employed by another organization as soon as they have an opening. But for coaches employed by other teams, the process is more formal. Teams were able to start making interview requests for coaches under contract to another team beginning Monday. For teams that didn’t make the playoffs, their coaches can be interviewed virtually three days after their final game — Tuesday for coaches on Tampa Bay, or Wednesday for any other non-playoff team.The process is different for assistants on playoff teams. For the two teams with a bye, those virtual interviews can be held this week with Seattle’s assistants available starting Tuesday and Denver’s on Wednesday. Those interviews can be conducted through wild-card weekend and are limited to three hours in length. For assistants coaching on wild-card weekend, they can have a virtual interview of up to three hours beginning Jan. 13, except for coaches on Houston and Pittsburgh, who must wait until Jan. 14 because they play Monday night.In-person interviews with assistants who are under contract with other teams can begin on Jan. 19, unless those teams are still alive for the conference title games. Those coaches must wait until Jan. 26, when either they were eliminated from the playoffs or have a bye week before the Super Bowl. Coaches on the Super Bowl teams are allowed to be interviewed through Feb. 1 but are forbidden from talking to other teams after that until Feb. 9, the day after the Super Bowl.Coaches on the Super Bowl teams are not allowed to interview in person with other teams during the bye week if they hadn’t done an initial virtual interview earlier in January.Teams must abide by the Rooney Rule, which was first implemented in 2003 to boost minority hiring. Before hiring a new head coach or coordinator, teams are required to conduct in-person interviews with at least two diverse — minority or female — candidates who don’t currently work for the team.Eberflus was in charge of a defense that allowed the most points in the league and the most in franchise history.National reaction: Matt Eberflus firing was tough pill Dallas Cowboys had to swallowThe SportsDay staff is a team of editors and producers on the sports desk who create content for The Dallas Morning News.Hepola: A Dallas man wrote hundreds of letters to his future wife. Then he met her
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