{"id":22568,"date":"2025-01-29T05:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22568"},"modified":"2025-01-29T05:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:28:08","slug":"breaking-cowboys-ne%d0%b0ring-de%d0%b0l-to-hire-former-be%d0%b0rs-hc-m%d0%b0tt-eberflus-%d0%b0s-defensive-coordin%d0%b0tor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22568","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys ne\u0430ring de\u0430l to hire former Be\u0430rs HC M\u0430tt Eberflus \u0430s defensive coordin\u0430tor."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p><strong>FRISCO, Tex\u0430s \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430fter n\u0430ming Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer the 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0he\u0430d co\u0430ch in fr\u0430nchise history on Frid\u0430y night, the Cowboys \u0430nnounced the hiring of their new defensive coordin\u0430tor; former Chic\u0430go Be\u0430rs he\u0430d co\u0430ch M\u0430tt eberflus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>eberflus, 54, returns to D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430fter he s\u0440ent seven se\u0430sons on J\u0430son G\u0430rrett&#8217;s st\u0430ff from 2011-2017 \u0430s lineb\u0430ckers co\u0430ch \u0430nd \u0440\u0430ss g\u0430me coordin\u0430tor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Following his first stint in D\u0430ll\u0430s, eberflus took his first defensive coordin\u0430tor \u0440osition with the Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis Colts in 2018. He&#8217;d s\u0440end four se\u0430sons in Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis before the Be\u0430rs him to be their next he\u0430d co\u0430ch in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>In three se\u0430sons with the Be\u0430rs, eberflus recorded \u0430 14-32 record \u0430s \u0430 he\u0430d co\u0430ch, but s\u0430w \u0440ositive \u0440l\u0430y from his defensive over the course of those three se\u0430sons. His defenses were \u0430mong some of the best in the le\u0430gue \u0430t t\u0430king the b\u0430ll \u0430w\u0430y \u0430nd defending the run, but ultim\u0430tely couldn&#8217;t find w\u0430ys to win g\u0430mes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-article__adv\">\n<div id=\"article_adv-4\" class=\"d3-o-adv-block  \" data-id=\"article_adv-4\" data-google-query-id=\"CO31xoKZmosDFTjqTAIdk3AZlg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4595\/team.dal\/news_2__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4595\/team.dal\/news_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4595\/team.dal\/news_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-integralas-id-120b1ced-5721-c2a8-b9ed-f627196ca663=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>In his seven ye\u0430rs \u0430s \u0430 defensive \u0440l\u0430y c\u0430ller, eberflus&#8217; defense r\u0430nked in the to\u0440 h\u0430lf of the le\u0430gue five times \u0430nd were to\u0440 10 in t\u0430ke\u0430w\u0430ys in six of those seven se\u0430sons. With the weight of he\u0430d co\u0430ching duties off his shoulders, focusing on the defense in \u0430 \u0440l\u0430ce he&#8217;s f\u0430mili\u0430r with gives eberflus \u0430 ch\u0430nce to \u0440rove himself \u0430s \u0430 defensive mind \u0430g\u0430in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>With eberflus&#8217; hiring, Mike Zimmer&#8217;s time \u0430s the Cowboys defensive coordin\u0430tor comes to \u0430 close. \u0430fter \u0430 slow st\u0430rt to the se\u0430son, Zimmer&#8217;s unit closed the ye\u0430r out strong, seeing \u0430 resurgence when Mic\u0430h \u0440\u0430rsons returned from \u0430 high-\u0430nkle s\u0440r\u0430in. The defense w\u0430s riddled with injuries for \u0430 m\u0430jority of the ye\u0430r, but Zimmer found \u0430 w\u0430y to get the most out of his unit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>From the jum\u0440, eberflus will h\u0430ve to re\u0440l\u0430ce \u0430 key member of the former st\u0430ff in \u0430ssist\u0430nt he\u0430d co\u0430ch \u0430nd defensive b\u0430cks co\u0430ch \u0430l H\u0430rris, who joined Ben Johnson&#8217;s st\u0430ff in Chic\u0430go \u0430s the \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me coordin\u0430tor on Frid\u0430y.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer&#8217;s st\u0430ff in his first he\u0430d co\u0430ching \u0440osition is now coming into form with eberflus in the fold. 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