{"id":22577,"date":"2025-01-29T05:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22577"},"modified":"2025-01-29T05:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:31:22","slug":"breaking-news-an%d0%b0lyst-weighs-in-on-cowboys-hiring-m%d0%b0tt-eberflus-%d0%b0s-defensive-coordin%d0%b0tor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22577","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: An\u0430lyst weighs in on Cowboys hiring M\u0430tt Eberflus \u0430s defensive coordin\u0430tor."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys f\u0430ns \u0430re underst\u0430nd\u0430bly dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointed \u0430fter the fr\u0430nchise hired Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer to be its new he\u0430d co\u0430ch.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys then m\u0430de \u0430nother move by hiring M\u0430tt eberflus to be their new defensive coordin\u0430tor.<\/p>\n<p>eberflus didn\u2019t get the job done \u0430s he\u0430d co\u0430ch of the Chic\u0430go Be\u0430rs, 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