The defense of the Dallas Cowboys urgently needs help on a defense that dragged the team out of the playoffs for the second year in a row. Somehow, Jerry Jones and management believe that Dan Quinn It could be the person to rescue that unit.
According to various reports, Quinn looms as the favorite to be the Cowboys’ new defensive coordinator just a couple of months after being fired as the Falcons head coach, a position he held since 2015.
Dallas took a marked step in the wrong direction in the defensive sector during the 2020 season, ranking 28th in points allowed just a year after finishing 11th in that category and staying in the top 15 for four consecutive seasons. .
That cost him his job as a defensive coordinator Mike Nolan who was fired last week after holding the job for a season. Considering the numbers, it’s surprising that he ended the regular calendar with jobs. Dallas was 28th in points admitted, 23rd in yards and second to last in the league to defend the run. They allowed at least 30 points in eight games, including five of the first six of the season.
Somehow, the Cowboys believe Quinn is the perfect man for the job despite the fact that during his just over five-year stint in Atlanta, the Falcons finished three times in the worst 10 teams in points allowed and in their five games. of 2020 allowed 32.2 points per game.
Quinn’s reputation as a defensive mastermind evidently suffered a severe blow as the Falcons head coach, yet he came to office in Atlanta after his brilliant work as the defensive coordinator for the Falcons. Seattle Seahawks and be an architect of the now deceased “Legion of Boom”. And it is precisely that version of Quinn that Dallas would be betting on.
In his two seasons as the Seahawks’ defensive coordinator in 2013 and 2014, Seattle boasted arguably the best defense in the NFL. A unit that led the league in points and yards admitted. The Cowboys don’t require that level of dominance, just a unit that gives their talented offense a little breathing space.
Quinn works with a base 4-3 scheme that is of Jones’s predilection. However, the questions in the defense of Dallas go beyond Xs and Os, as there are many doubts regarding personnel, especially at the perimeter.
