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Cowboys name Matt Eberflus pass-game coordinator for defense

INDIANAPOLIS – Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett kept his staff mostly intact after a 4-12 season in 2015, but he is altering the duties of linebackers coach Matt Eberflus.

Eberflus will also be the passing-game coordinator for the defense to help tie up the front seven with the secondary.

“At different parts, times during the day, the linebackers and the secondary guys will meet and again, working on the coverage part of our defense and we thought there was some real value to that and the continuity across positions,” Garrett said. “We like the combination.