Early in the year, the Dallas Cowboys signed Matt Eberflus as their sixth defensive coordinator in the last 13 seasons. But halfway through this season, things have kept sinking to new lows. They have lost 4 games, two of them by a point difference of double digits. No doubt, the team’s defense is bad, and hence, the fans want the DC to be fired.

However, the Cowboys EVP, Stephen Jones, put all that negative talk to rest during his appearance on 105.3 The FAN on October 31. Eberflus is not going anywhere and will stay in Dallas.

“(We hope) the situation is going to continue to evolve, which I know it will. Coach (Matt) Eberflus has been a high-end coach…I know right now he’s not satisfied with where we are,” Jones said. “We all have to be better as a team, all our players, all our coaches, all our executives, ownership, everybody needs to look in the mirror and see where they can be better.”

After 8 weeks, the team is sitting at a 3-4-1 record. While they are sitting in second place in the NFC East division, they are 10th in the NFC conference. So, they have a tough competition to fight to even enter the playoff discussion. Former Eagles linebacker Emmanuel Acho called out Matt Eberflus for allowing the sophomore Broncos QB Bo Nix to score 4 touchdowns.

During the October 27 episode of the Speakeasy, he claimed that players ran out of ideas to stop the offense. But we know how the Jones’ father-son duo operates. They prefer familiar people.

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Eberflus got the job because he had spent time in the Cowboys system before. He was the linebackers coach from 2011 to 2015, before taking up the additional role of passing game coordinator for two years, 2016 and 2017. So, while they are suffering in defense, the owner has always shown confidence.

Even after the week 6 loss against the Carolina Panthers, Jerry Jones gave an interview to 105.3 The FAN. He said that he still had full confidence in Matt Eberflus. He even claimed that they could not get many things right. Fast forward to the present, and the owner echoed the same sentiment after the week 8 loss that one trade could not make things good.

While the management keeps evading hard action, the defense is sinking into the foxhole.

Cowboys’ defense gives headache to Matt Eberflus

The defense has been bad in almost all criteria you can think of. They rank 31st in the league in total yards allowed (404.6 per game), 31st in passing yards allowed (258.6 per game), 29th in rushing yards (146.0 per game), and 31st in points allowed (31.3 per game).

Not only metric-wise, but the plays have not been great either.

One thing that has gone against Matt Eberflus is his style of following the playbook. He rarely makes any prompt decisions inspired by the game. It might be the reason they lost 2 games by a point difference of 4 or fewer points. He runs a safe zone-heavy system that needs the players to read and then react to the coming offense. But the Cowboys have players who like to go explosive.

Cornerback Trevon Diggs is on the injured reserve (IR) list. But he likes to go fast. In Eberflus’ system, he needs to play slow, which affects his overall game efficiency. Also, the defensive coordinator needs to gain the trust of his locker room. Players feel constricted under his style, which he refuses to change.

Will things improve or deteriorate? It’s the million-dollar question!