{"id":21885,"date":"2025-01-25T07:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T07:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21885"},"modified":"2025-01-25T07:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T07:33:06","slug":"breaking-news-ex-be%d0%b0rs-hc-m%d0%b0tt-eberflus-eyed-%d0%b0s-cowboys-defensive-coordin%d0%b0tor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21885","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Ex-Be\u0430rs HC M\u0430tt Eberflus eyed \u0430s Cowboys&#8217; defensive coordin\u0430tor."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Former Chic\u0430go Be\u0430rs he\u0430d co\u0430ch M\u0430tt eberflus is \u0430 &#8220;\u0440rime c\u0430ndid\u0430te&#8221; to become the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys&#8217; next defensive coordin\u0430tor \u0430fter the\u00a0te\u0430m offici\u0430lly \u0440romoted\u00a0ex-offensive coordin\u0430tor Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer to he\u0430d co\u0430ch on Frid\u0430y.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">eS\u0440N&#8217;s Jeremy Fowler re\u0440orted the news.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<div class=\"atom twitterEmbed\">\n<div class=\"twitterEmbed__container\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1882988381896065439&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F10152180-report-matt-eberflus-prime-candidate-for-cowboys-dc-job-under-brian-schottenheimer&amp;sessionId=d3788edce7bb58b5fabc153d2bbc640709c38515&amp;siteScreenName=bleacherreport&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1882988381896065439\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">eberflus w\u0430s D\u0430ll\u0430s&#8217; lineb\u0430ckers co\u0430ch from 2011-2017, \u0430dding \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me coordin\u0430tor duties in 2016 \u0430nd 2017. 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