When Mike McCarthy hired Mike Nolan as his new defensive coordinator, questions quickly arose about the potential for Dallas to move to a 3-4 defense; Nolan had run that kind of defense in most of his previous stops as coordinator. In interviews, McCarthy and Nolan both talked about the desire to become multiple on defense and stressed getting good players over finding players that fit a certain scheme.
McCarthy confirmed the team would remain in a 4-3 base defense two days before the draft began, but he added that the team “may have the ability to have some variation there.