The Cowboys fired offensive coordinator Scott Linehan on Friday. Linehan spent the last four seasons in Dallas after a five-year stint in Detroit.
"This was not an easy decision because of how highly we regard Scott Linehan as a football coach and as a person," head coach Jason Garrett said in a statement. "He and I had some really positive, substantive and open discussions which took place in the latter part of this week, an we ultimately agreed that it would be in the best interest of all the parties involved if we were to make a change at this [offensive coordinator] position.