Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus.
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Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus.
When things went bad for the Dallas Cowboys in 2025, the scapegoat ended up being defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, who was fired after just 1 season as the Cowboys rolled out arguably the NFL’s worst defense.
It was something made possible only after head coach Jerry Jones traded NFL All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers just a few weeks before the regular season.
Now, Eberflus is getting another chance with a hated NFC rival who should give him a chance to get revenge on his old team.
“The 49ers have hired Matt Eberflus as their assistant head coach of defense, per sources. Eberflus — the former Bears head coach and most recently Cowboys defensive coordinator — fills a key role vacated when Gus Bradley left for Tennessee,” NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero wrote on his official X account on Thursday.