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Cowboys doing a full defensive makeover.
The Titans are hiring Aaron Whitecotton as their new run game coordinator/defensive line coach, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports.
Whitecotton interviewed with the Cowboys for their defensive coordinator opening before they hired Christian Parker.
He rejoins Robert Saleh in Tennessee. The two coaches have spent eight seasons together, including from 2021-24 when Saleh was head coach of the Jets and Whitecotton was the defensive line coach.
If the Cowboys really want a quick turnaround on defense under a new DC, they’ll need to seriously use free agency to change the roster.
Free Agents?
The first step in getting this thing right is doing exactly what Jerry Jones did. Do the process like everyone else, get young names in the building, stop using old head coaches as your DC. That doesn’t work as we have seen.
Now, with getting Parker in the building, this could be great for their backend and maybe bring some guys in through free agency.
Patrick Surtain II: First-team All-Pro; Quinyon Mitchell: First-team All-Pro; Cooper DeJean: First-team All-Pro.
He knows how to coach the secondary. Dallas does not currently have one of those types of guys in the building, but some could be very soon.
Reddy Steward, Caelen Carson and Josh Butler are decent depth pieces, but that cannot be your starting room heading into next year.
DaRon Bland just had his second foot surgery in as many years. They say he will be good to go for the start of camp and everything else, but like Trevon Diggs who they released, his best year(s) might be behind him.
Here are names to keep an eye on. These are free agents. Tariq Woolen, Jamel Dean, Eric Stokes, Greg Newsome, Roger McCreary, Alontae Taylor and Cam Taylor-Britt.
One other guy that I would keep a very close eye on is Nakobe Dean. He is a free agent and would be a huge upgrade for Dallas at the second-worst spot on their defense.
Mike McCarthy is the first former Cowboys HC to become a HC elsewhere since Wade Phillips (Texans interim).
Here’s a list of guys who were on the Cowboys’ 2025 roster but also make a ton of sense for McCarthy to try and add.
WR Jalen Tolbert (Free Agency)
Tolbert was a 2022 third-round pick who led the Cowboys in TD receptions in 2024, McCarthy’s final season. He was basically frozen out of the offense in 2025 under Brian Schottenheimer and Klayton Adams. The former South Alabama star makes way too much...
