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Stephen Jones says Cowboys are making ‘good progress’ in DC search – Tommy Yarish, DallasCowboys.com
The Cowboys DC search marches on.
FRISCO, Texas – It’s been nine days since the Cowboys released defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, and the search is continuing for Dallas’ fourth defensive coordinator in as many years.
Up to this point, the Cowboys have/will interview nine candidates for the position. On Thursday, Cowboys COO/co-owner Stephen Jones discussed where the team is at in the process.
“I think we’re in the initial run,” Jones said. “We’re going to cast a wide net, whether it’s half a dozen, ten, 12 coaches when it’s all said and done. I don’t know what that number will be, but then we’ll narrow it down. We’re already starting to narrow it down and we’ll start to bring guys in for in-person interviews, some of the guys that we felt were the guys that would fit.”
Jones added that he feels all the candidates that the team has interviewed are qualified for the position, but there are layers to what constitutes the best overall fit for what the Cowboys are looking for.
Dallas Cowboys assistant gets defensive coordinator test run at Shrine Bowl – Josh Sanchez, SI.com
Congrats to Aaron Whitecotton!
The Dallas Cowboys will have a large presence at the 2026 East-West Shrine Bowl later this month, as NFL draft season kicks into full swing with the first college football all-star game featuring a group of 2026 prospects.
Dallas will be hosting the game at The Star, with two current Cowboys assistants facing off in the game.
On Thursday, it was reported that Cowboys tight ends coach Lunda Wells will serve as head coach of the West team. On the East sideline will be a Cowboys defensive assistant, who will be serving as defensive coordinator for the game.
Cowboys defensive line coach Aaron Whitecotton, who interviewed for Dallas’ defensive coordinator opening following the firing of Matt Eberflus, will get the opportunity to showcase his defensive play-calling skills during the game.
Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator search is an impressive process so far – RJ Ochoa, Blogging the Boys
This one feels a bit different.
The Dallas Cowboys are searching for their fourth defensive coordinator in as many years. You already know that since it has been said a lot in the lead-up to, and obviously throughout, this process so far.
Isolating a filter, so to speak, on the time in question though, this is only the second time they are doing it in one particular way. To be clear this is only the third defensive coordinator search that Dallas has been a part of as Dan Quinn is a part of the “four in four years” narrative, but within the three searches only two have happened with a sitting head coach. The first time was ahead of Mike McCarthy’s final season when the team gave him Mike Zimmer and the second time is now after Brian Schottenheimer’s initial campaign.
We could get a little bit deeper with this idea if we really wanted to as well. While the Cowboys were looking for a defensive coordinator with a sitting head coach in Mike McCarthy, they were also doing so with the whole world knowing that the season they were looking to hire for was the final one on McCarthy’s contract. That lame duck status hung over everyone associated with the 2024 team, but we are not here to discuss that as much as we are to contextualize what the search processes were like relative to one another, and more importantly, how they differ.
3 positions the Cowboys are hoping to fill with in-house free agency – Mike Crum, Cowboys Wire
We will learn a lot during free agency in 2026.
The Dallas Cowboys’ offseason began with player exit interviews and the firing of defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus. They are now conducting interviews to hire a new one, and then the team moves on to roster construction. All these things are in the hopes of helping set up for a more successful 2026 season. For that to happen, Dallas will have to improve the team in free agency, have a fruitful draft, and rely on the development of their own talent.
Every offseason, players move on to other teams in one way or another, and the guys under them in the rotation must ascend to take over the spot that has opened up. Last year, Dallas drafted Tyler Booker to replace the retiring Zack Martin. They traded for George Pickens after Brandin Cooks wasn’t brought back. Jadeveon Clowney was signed after the trade of Micah Parsons. Some positions require current players to develop into more impactful roles rather than relying on talent acquisition.
Here are three positions the Cowboys need to address in the 2026 season.
Javonte Williams played so well for the Cowboys that the team might have relied too heavily on him, wearing him down as the season went on. This was especially true in the three games Dallas played around Thanksgiving. In those 10 days, Williams touched the ball 65 times. Dallas won all three contests, but that might have been the key to them not having enough to end the season strongly. If the Cowboys plan to sign Williams long-term, they might need someone to step up and take more snaps for his long-term sustainability.
After Jerry Jones hinted at changes, key themes emerge in Cowboys’ search for new DC – Joseph Hoyt
We must give Jerry some credit in this defensive coordinator search.
In the tunnels of AT&T Stadium, after a home finale loss that felt like a death sentence for the 2025 season, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was peppered with questions — and he was enjoying it. He said as much after the loss to the Chargers on Dec. 21. Even if you didn’t believe his words, his consistent smile would tell you so.
The questions, or “comeuppance” in his words, were not only focused on a season that resulted in a second-consecutive losing record but also a conference title drought that has now reached three decades. There’s been a lot of change in that time, but one constant: Jones himself.
Amid nearly 30 minutes of conversations with reporters, a comment Jones made about his decision-making moving forward stuck out.
“I can tell you right now, one of the reasons that I’ve enjoyed some of the things that work for me is because I will change, and I do change,” Jones said. “And I can make a decision, and I can make … one that is different from the ones I’ve been making.
“I’m not afraid to change it up — at all.”
Jones’ latest hiring process is proving it.
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