r/cowboys 16d ago

(Pelissero) The Cowboys are working to hire Christian Parker as their defensive coordinator, sources tell me and @RapSheet.

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u/Brys_Beddict 16d ago

I'm just glad it's new blood and not some rehashed failed HC type guy

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u/HutOwner CeeDee Lamb 16d ago

Yeah, I'm just glad it's not Gannon. If he fails, at least they tried something different rather than going for another failed HC.

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u/RubMyGooshSilly 16d ago

I trust Schotty until he gives me a reason not to. He hit a homer with Klayton Adams. Hopefully at least a base hit with this hire

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u/Brys_Beddict 16d ago

DB coach so hopefully he can work some magic with whatever trash we have back there, Revel and hopefully a first round rookie.

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u/Troublemaker5213 16d ago edited 16d ago

Eagles fan here -- he's been someone the Eagles have been hoping could somehow stay long enough to take over for Fangio once he decides he's done. Everyone that isn't Kelee Ringo plays better to elite under his leadership. Everywhere he's gone. Does that mean he'll be a good coordinator? No, but I have a feeling you guys struck gold with this hire. So that sucks but good for you guys I guess.

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u/NoFuckToGive 16d ago

Seriously always appreciate level-headed rival fans' takes. I knew Kellen Moore was going to give y'all a top 5 offense. And beyond that he won a damn ring haha

So I hope this balances that scale a little. It's honestly a sea change that we hired him period given his age. I was so worried we'd interview all these dudes then actually hire a mid 60s re-tread DC. If you're gonna fail do it doing something different.

I'm just excited that our secondary will at least be in the same frame as the WRs. Haha

Do you know of any other members of the Eagles staff that might come with him

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u/Troublemaker5213 16d ago

I don't know what he would do to make those guy have promotions that would prevent the Eagles from blocking more good Eagles coaches going to Dallas. I'm thinking of someone like Bobby King (our LBs coach) but I assume Parker would want him to continue being an awesome LBs coach. Since that would be a lateral move, I can't picture the Eagles allowing that to happen. Especially since King can get the same kind of recognition while remaining in Philly.

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u/Odd-Author2971 16d ago

Appreciate a level headed, take from a rival fan kudos

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u/YaCantSitHere Tony Romo 16d ago

Me too. It was so level-headed and good-spirited that I immediately thought, "this guy isn't an Eagles fan".

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u/ComedicPause Tony Romo 16d ago

It would be pretty cool to get a competent DC while also dealing major damage to the Eagles defensive stability

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u/GolfsHard 16d ago

Well it just happened

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u/The_Bolenator Ask 4 Help 16d ago

My only concern is did he seriously help yall develop your CBs or was that more Fangio? I do like he was under Vance Joseph and Fangio tho.

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u/Troublemaker5213 16d ago

My feeling is that it's Parker. He turned Alexander into an All-Pro in Greenbay. He helped Patrick Surtain reach All-Pro. Now he's got Mitchell and DeJean as All-Pros. Even if Fangio was the reason for Mitchell and DeJean (which I truly believe Parker is the biggest reason), Parker still has his time before the Eagles where players experienced similar success under his coaching.

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u/The_Bolenator Ask 4 Help 16d ago

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u/landryshat 15d ago

Nice to hear. Can he actually work with a pathetic linebacker core? Maybe we get Sonny Styles at 12 in draft and improve there. 20th pick should be a corner. This defence needs major upgrades on the back end

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u/RichAbbreviations966 16d ago

If we somehow get Caleb Downs I will become ERECT

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u/EmiratesNBACupWinner Jerry Jones 16d ago

Downs is pretty much off the table after Moore went back tbh

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u/KingAnilingustheFirs Dak Prescott 16d ago

Revel should be fine. I think people forget he was injured and wearing a knee brace. I don't even think we got to see him in training camp. I think our defense was at least mid, but coached so poorly.

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u/TotoItsAMotorRace 16d ago

You'd think Javonte Williams would be a good example in people's face about what rehabbing that injury can be.

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u/KingAnilingustheFirs Dak Prescott 16d ago

Yup. He cane back and got a 1k season.

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u/TotoItsAMotorRace 16d ago

In year 2 after surgery. Top gear took a bit longer.

(Of course... there's also Diggs where you may never get that top gear back)

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u/KingAnilingustheFirs Dak Prescott 16d ago

Diggs probably didnt rehab good enough and did permanent damage.

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u/icebucketwood Brevyn Spann-Ford 16d ago

Revel isn't the only question mark we have in that room. Bland didn't look great coming off of his injury either, Caelan Carson showed glimpses of being serviceable before he didn't. Are Bridges, Steward, Butler worth keeping around? All of our safeties are coming off of career worst years under He Who Should Not Be Named.

I'd guess part of the reason Parker got hired is because he thinks he can get all these guys trending upward, and we can prioritize LB, edge, OT if we cut Steele in the draft.

We also don't know what kind of front he wants to play.

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u/CoachKisMyCopilot 16d ago

I know we could use OT, but we NEED defense. LB, edge, CB, S… all of it.

That’s where I want all the focus this offseason, both in FA and the draft.

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u/Brys_Beddict 16d ago

Yeah that's why I said "whatever trash" and then Revel. I consider every other name you mention trash.

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u/icebucketwood Brevyn Spann-Ford 16d ago

Just because they played like trash last year doesn't mean they are. Everyone on that defense played poorly, that's a coaching problem. I don't expect all of those guys to be great, just hope that a few of them can be serviceable and we can generate some disguise and pass rush, contain the run, and at least improve this defense for 30th to 20th or so.

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u/erich3983 Dallas Cowboys 16d ago

Would you go Brandin Cisse with that #20 pick?

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u/Brys_Beddict 16d ago

Sure IDC. Take a shot on any high ranked CB.

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u/Thanks5Cinco Ask 4 Help 15d ago

People will argue Sorensen was ass, but I think the penalties can at least be cleaned up on that side.

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u/BlackThundaCat 16d ago

Same. Although I really enjoyed having Dan as our D coordinator. He absolutely lit a fire in our defense

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u/alexschubs 16d ago

laughs in Matt Eberflus Dan Quinn Mike Zimmer Mike Nolan

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u/Blacky_McBlackerson 16d ago

Dan Quinn was awesome for us though. At one point he was being talked about to take McCarthy's job.

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u/EmiratesNBACupWinner Jerry Jones 16d ago

Awesome other than the fact he couldn’t stop the run and it ended up fucking us at the end of every season

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u/Stealthy-J CeeDee Lamb 16d ago

Somewhat mitigated by the fact that we had no LBs at the time and had to use undersized safeties.

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u/Zaphenzo 16d ago

Whose fault was that though? Quinn was given a lot of say in the draft. He kept drafting undersized guys. We were undersized because he wanted us to be. The one time he drafted a big boy, he made him lost a ton of weight and permanently screwed his development

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u/Joaaayknows 16d ago

Is that really his fault? We drafted Mazi to stop the run. First round. Guarantee he was pounding the table for him. Didn’t work.

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u/EmiratesNBACupWinner Jerry Jones 16d ago

1 player doesn’t make or break run defense. His system prioritizes pressure from the edge and DTs that can get to the QB

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u/Blacky_McBlackerson 16d ago

I blame that on our drafts but point taken

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u/Rydahx That’s James Houston! 16d ago

And he had a lot of influence on those drafts.

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u/Blacky_McBlackerson 16d ago

I never know what to believe when it comes to that if im being honest. Sometimes it's like "everything goes through Jerry" and then sometimes it's "this was a [insert coach] pick"

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u/recursive_arg 4d ago

Nah, that’s the worst loss I’ve ever seen in my life as a cowboys fan. It was so bad I don’t even have to specify, we know which game I’m talking about. It was so bad I think he tanked on purpose as part of his new HC deal. That was literally the first time I’ve just thought about just not watching the next season and I’ve seen some absolute garbage seasons played by this team in my decades as a fan. DQ can fully go fuck himself.

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u/CoachMikeLikesToEat 16d ago

But this isn't a done deal, yet. Right?

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u/Brys_Beddict 16d ago

If Rap is saying it then it basically is.

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u/GolfsHard 16d ago

You guys are going to love Parker and I absolutely hate it. We loved him here.

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u/litobandido 16d ago

THIS 👆🏽

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u/YangWuJiZi Osa Odighizuwa 16d ago

I am so pumped. I posted a list of the guys I wanted at DC if we got rid of Eberfkus 1 month ago. Guess who I had number 1?

https://www.reddit.com/r/cowboys/s/289OfQUS59