Why Dan Quinn is the Cowboys’ best bet to get their defensive overhaul right

 It’s rather easy to assume that the courting of new Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn did not just begin Friday when Dallas officially dismissed former DC Mike Nolan.

https://theathletic.com/2320260/2021/01/13/dan-quinn-cowboys-nfl-coordinator-defense/

Why the Cowboys fired Mike Nolan, challenges next defensive coordinator faces

 So much of football is about zooming in on specific strengths and weaknesses and isolating them to diagnose a problem. Were this golf or even baseball, where things do often work in isolation, we would have much more success. But when we examine the 2020 Cowboys defense to seek specific reasons why the team suffered and the defense was often to blame, we come back with an overview that lacks real specifics. They were just really bad. Well, OK. But where were they weakest? Who was bad?

https://theathletic.com/2315603/2021/01/11/dallas-cowboys-mike-nolan-coordinator-hire/