WFAA DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys have fired defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus after one season, sources confirmed to WFAA.
The Cowboys’ defensive unit was arguably the worst in the NFL this season, as Dallas finished 7-9-1. Despite having one of the best offenses in the league — and, at times, the best — the Cowboys couldn’t sustain much momentum over the course of the season due to their inability to prevent opposing offenses from scoring at will.
The Cowboys ranked dead last in scoring defense, allowing 30.1 points per game (the only team in the NFL to crack the 30-point threshold), and they ranked third-to-last in allowing 377 yards per game.
The Cowboys offense, meanwhile, ranked second in yards per game at 391.9 and seventh in scoring, at 27.7 points per game.
The Cowboys hired Eberflus to replace defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer in the offseason as part of the staff overhaul under new head coach Brian Schottenheimer. Eberflus, a former Cowboys linebackers coach from 2011-2017, was fired last year by the Chicago Bears after an unsuccessful run that lasted less than three seasons.
Eberflus, however, was dealt a curveball just before the start of the season when Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones traded star edge rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for Kenny Clark. The Cowboys’ defense improved for a few games after the mid-season acquisition of defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, but Dallas stumbled down the stretch, losing four of its last five games.
The Cowboys wrapped up their season with a 34-17 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday.
