The Dallas Cowboys’ season did not go the way fans or the organization were hoping it would last year, with the Cowboys missing out on the playoffs entirely. Many felt that the Cowboys’ woes were mainly due to a host of injuries to their star players, but team owner and general manager Jerry Jones still elected to move on from head coach Mike McCarthy.
Jones replaced McCarthy with former offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer. Under Schottenheimer, the results this year have been better, but Dallas is still looking at the likelihood that it won’t make the playoffs.
This year, the Cowboys’ struggles have largely been on the defensive side of the ball, which is spearheaded by the defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus. Earlier this week, Jones refused to show public support for the job Eberflus did against the Minnesota Vikings and young quarterback J.J. McCarthy.
“We let their quarterback have a big day on us,” Jones said Tuesday, according to Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com. “That wasn’t the plan. We could have used more pressure, without question, at different times. The result was that we let him make some pretty significant plays out there, plus, he played pretty well. It seems like we’re always saying that about these [opposing] quarterbacks. Some of them hadn’t played as well, but when they play us, they play better. I think that’s telling, too.”
“Candidly, just to be very up front about it,” Jones said, “I think if we could have gotten this defense in better shape earlier, that we could be sitting here with the kind of wins that would’ve not had us in this tight spot.”
Now, the Cowboys and Eberflus are making a major change to how he will coach the team on Sundays.
“Matt Eberflus said he will move to the coaches both from the sideline for the final three games. He said he’s done it before and the different perspective should help,” reported ESPN’s Todd Archer.
Matt Eberflus said he will move to the coaches both from the sideline for the final three games. He said he’s done it before and the different perspective should help.
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) December 18, 2025
Fans reacted to the news on social media.
“It dont matter where the hell he sitting or standing if he still is going to call the same 3 man rush on 4th and 5 with the DBs playing 7 yards off,” one fan wrote on Twitter.
“Oh thank god we’re doing this after we’re basically already eliminated. Doing it 8 weeks ago would have been a terrible idea,” another fan added.
“It took him 14 games of a defense playing like a pile of hot [expletive] to decide this? I would fire him on the spot for this alone,” one fan added.
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