The official selection of the Dallas Cowboys’ next defensive coordinator has begun.
FRISCO – With Dan Quinn joining the Washington Commanders as head coach and sources providing CowboysSI.com with the next stages in the hiring process, the Dallas Cowboys’ search for a new defensive coordinator has officially begun. Among those actions is Dallas’ search for a new defensive coordinator to succeed Quinn.Defensive coordinators with head coaching experience have long been prized by Jerry Jones; Mike McCarthy, the head coach of Dallas, shares this sentiment and had a comparable background in Green Bay. That helps to explain why Ron Rivera and Mike Zimmer are already set to run for office. Regarding the arrangement, a source stated, “Jerry is very involved.”
*Is “urgency” a factor? Just in this particular meaning Executives from the Cowboys will soon be heading to Las Vegas, since it’s Super Bowl Week. Thus, we are informed that the interviews with Zimmer and Rivera, along with most likely others, will happen early this week.Is McCarthy calling on his own? It’s not. That was a luxury bestowed to him four years ago when he first arrived here. He employed his close friend Mike Nolan. That didn’t work. A year later, despite none of them having ever dated Quinn, Jerry, Stephen Jones, and personnel chief Will McClay joined McCarthy in the interview process and together they hit a home run with Quinn. *Considering a “home run”: Speaking in confidence to CowboysSI.com, an NFL owner says
is that Jerry is trying to make a powerful hire by “swinging for the fences” in this situation. Therefore, Cowboys Nation is free to fantasize by reading the article and scoop here, where we list every name from Bill Belchick all the way up the totem pole.
*In-house contenders Joe Whitt Jr., Al Harris, and Aden Durde have not been disqualified by Dallas. However, many within The Star believe that appointing a rookie play-caller/coordinator is not the best option.Whitt will have an interview in Washington to take over as Quinn’s defensive coordinator, but that will mainly be a formality. They are “attached at the hip” in this procedure, according to a source.Jones’s involvement does not prove that McCarthy “lacks power” or indicate that anything is inherently good or evil. However, he will participate in the choice in an effort to support his “all-in” stance, and he may, in the back of his mind, also take into account the qualifications of candidates in the event that they eventually unseat McCarthy.