The Dallas Cowboys have started their search for a new defensive coordinator. Todd Archer of ESPN released a list of the team’s initial requests to interview three candidates. The names included are Minnesota Vikings pass game coordinator Daronte Jones, Cleveland Browns safeties coach Ephraim Banda, and Denver Broncos assistant HC/pass game coordinator Jim Leonhard.

Out of the three names, Leonhard has emerged as a fan favorite to be the Cowboys’ play-caller on defense. Leonhard is someone head coach Brian Schottenheimer is familiar with, having spent three years together with the New York Jets from 2009-2011, when Schottenheimer was the offensive...

The Dallas Cowboys boast a number of talented players across their storied history and one of them is the incredible Darren Woodson (who deserves to be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame). Woody was a part of one of the greatest dynasties in NFL history and was individually one of the reasons that it existed

Recently Darren joined Blogging The Boys to discuss a variety of things. We obviously talked about the Cowboys both past and present, the Arizona State Sun Devils, but we also talked about the awareness that Woody is trying to raise for cancer prevention alongside...

The Dallas Cowboys fired Matt Eberflus on Tuesday morning and are now on the hunt for what will be their fourth defensive coordinator in as many years.

It is going to be interesting to see how this shakes out. Brian Schottenheimer will likely want to find someone to serve as a point of stability for obvious reasons, but the defense has been so bad lately that the Cowboys can not exactly afford to be picky. Simply put, it is a hire that the organization must get right.

Jerry Jones was perceived to have had a big influence on Matt Eberflus...

The Dallas Cowboys spoke to the media on Wednesday for the first time since firing Matt Eberflus. Jerry Jones was his usual self, but Brian Schottenheimer offered some clarity on what he’s looking for in his next defensive coordinator.

Does that sound like generic coachspeak? Sure. Schottenheimer made sure to throw in several buzzwords, staying away from making any declarations about scheme and instead focusing on soft skills. Given the issues Eberflus had in implementing his scheme, which has seen success elsewhere, that makes sense.

It also perfectly describes at least one coach who’s been floated by many ([including yours...

If the last 24 NFL seasons are any indication, anything is possible for a team that won only seven games the previous season. Well, almost anything.

The historical record tells us that between 2002 (when the league moved to the current divisional alignment), 87 teams finished their season with seven wins. Here’s a topline view of how they followed that up:

• 39 of the 87 teams (45%) improved on their record the following year.
• 15 teams (17%) repeated their seven-win season from the previous year, just like the Cowboys did from 2024 to 2025.
• 33 teams (29%)...

The Cowboys are looking for a new defensive coordinator – one that can teach and communicate clearly – after moving on from Matt Eberflus. We already outlined 15 candidates that should be on their radar, but here are five names that should be crossed out right away.

Jonathan Gannon

The Cowboys love a former head coach at defensive coordinator – you have to go back to 2012 with Rob Ryan to find the last one without head coaching experience – so, naturally, many have pointed to Jonathan Gannon, who was just fired as the Cardinals head coach.

Gannon went...

Last year, when the Dallas Cowboys were conducting their head coaching search, many household names were floated as possibilities. Bill Belichick, Kellen Moore, Robert Saleh. Then, an out-of-nowhere name surfaced and became the team’s tenth head coach—Brian Schottenheimer.

As the Cowboys venture into finding their fourth defensive coordinator in four seasons after moving on from Matt Eberflus, could they go with an out-of-the-box choice no one is focusing on? Albert Breer at Sports Illustrated could be on to something.

On Tuesday, when the Cowboys fired Eberflus, [Breer discussed the team’s opening and how it didn’t sound like things would be...

I dug into Raheem Morris’s defenses from 2020 to 2023, and this is what I found. Turnovers popped, but efficiency and drive stops consistently lagged.

Here’s my breakdown of one of the Cowboys defensive coordinator candidates.

This will give you all a conversation piece to be had around the cooler.

Why I Went Digging in the First Place

When the Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator conversation started heating up, Raheem Morris was one of the first names people gravitated toward.

Look, I get it, he’s coached a long time, he’s been in big games, and he has a [resume...

The Dallas Cowboys are looking for a defensive coordinator and this is a sentence that has been said every year since 2024.

Dan Quinn left following the 2023 season to become the head coach of the Washington Commanders and then the Cowboys hired Mike Zimmer to round out Mike McCarthy’s staff in the final year of his deal. When the team changed head coaches to Brian Schottenheimer they needed a new coordinator and Matt Eberflus was hired before being dismissed after a season’s worth of work.

The TL;DR of that is that Dallas is going to have its fourth defensive...

The Dallas Cowboys held their season-ending news conference Wednesday afternoon and there was quite a bit of information that may need to be sifted through based on things Jerry Jones and Company said. One such thing was the Cowboys owner/general manager mentioning about the organization being ready to do some “dramatic things” in the offseason and that “finances are no object”.

“We want to get out here and do better than we did this year,” Jones told a group of reporters following the season-ending news conference at The Star. “(There’s) the incentive to, dare I say it, bust the...

Back in April, the Dallas Cowboys drafted two rookie running backs to shore up their backfield. And then seemingly forgot all about them.

Both Jaydon Blue (5th round) and Phil Mafah (7th round) spent most of the year watching the Cowboys play along with the rest of us.

Blue saw action in all four games Dallas played in October. In the months of September, November, and December he was inactive.

No real reason was given for his inactivity other than he “had to get better” in practice.

In his four-game stint in October, Blue had 22 carries for 65 yards...

What are the Cowboys looking for in their next defensive coordinator? – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com

The Cowboys need to get this hire right unlike the last few seasons.

FRISCO, Texas – On Tuesday, the Cowboys released defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus after one year of calling Dallas’ defense.

Now, the search is on for the team’s fourth defensive coordinator in as many years. At their annual end of season press conference, Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones, COO/co-owner Stephen Jones and head coach Brian Schottenheimer outlined some of the things they’re looking for in the next defensive coordinator.

“A...