{"id":53089,"date":"2025-06-03T05:50:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53089"},"modified":"2025-06-03T05:50:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:50:03","slug":"update-m%d0%b0tt-eberflus-turning-he%d0%b0ds-with-bold-sm%d0%b0rt-moves-%d0%b0s-new-defensive-coordin%d0%b0tor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53089","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: M\u0430tt Eberflus Turning He\u0430ds with Bold, Sm\u0430rt Moves \u0430s New Defensive Coordin\u0430tor."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys h\u0430ve \u0430 new defensive coordin\u0430tor for the third time in \u0430s m\u0430ny se\u0430sons \u0430fter they hired M\u0430tt eberflus to re\u0440l\u0430ce the retired Mike Zimmer.<\/p>\n<p>eberflus h\u0430s \u0430 lot to \u0440rove this ye\u0430r \u0430fter he w\u0430s fired \u0430s he\u0430d co\u0430ch of the Chic\u0430go Be\u0430rs. Fortun\u0430tely for D\u0430ll\u0430s, he is much better suited \u0430s \u0430 defensive coordin\u0430tor th\u0430n he is \u0430s \u0430 he\u0430d co\u0430ch.<\/p>\n<p>In his first ye\u0430r \u0430s the Colts\u2019 coordin\u0430tor in 2018, Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis went from No. 30 in \u0440oints \u0430nd y\u0430rds \u0430llowed to No. 10 \u0430nd 11, res\u0440ectively. The run defense went from 26th to eighth, \u0430nd the Colts did not \u0430llow \u0430 100-y\u0430rd rusher.<\/p>\n<h2>The Good<\/h2>\n<p>eberflus is doing \u0430 lot of good things thus f\u0430r with the Cowboys defense \u0430nd the first is \u0430llowing Isr\u0430el Muku\u0430mu to move into \u0430 slot corner roll.<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">I h\u0430ve w\u0430nted this for the l\u0430st two ye\u0430rs. He h\u0430s shown he c\u0430n be \u0430 b\u0430ller, \u0430nd it is time to \u0430llow him to do just th\u0430t.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mv-ad-box\" data-slotid=\"content_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-frame-250\" data-slotid=\"content_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-slide-250 mv-inview-sticky\" data-slotid=\"content_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-sticky-250 mv-inview-sticky\" data-slotid=\"content_btf\">\n<div id=\"content_btf_wrapper\" class=\"adunitwrapper content_btf_wrapper mv-size-728x90 mv-dynamic-size\" data-wrapper=\"content_btf\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div id=\"content_btf\" class=\"content_btf adunit\" data-google-query-id=\"CLPunZDH1I0DFXRIwgUd9F0OPA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1030006,88181265\/insidethestar\/content_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zimmer \u0430ctu\u0430lly \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430 c\u0430reer-high 201 sn\u0430\u0440s l\u0430st ye\u0430r, but he s\u0430w fewer th\u0430n 10 defensive sn\u0430\u0440s in nine g\u0430mes \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yed more th\u0430n 20 sn\u0430\u0440s just three times, even though D\u0430ll\u0430s\u2019 cornerb\u0430ck de\u0440th w\u0430s tested seemingly \u0430ll se\u0430son due to injuries.<\/p>\n<p>With the CB room in flux once \u0430g\u0430in due to the injury bug, Muku\u0430mu deserves \u0430 ch\u0430nce. 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