Four years later, Eberflus took over the Bears, getting fired 12 games into his third season, the day after his poor clock management in the final seconds cost Chicago in a sixth consecutive loss. He was 14-32 with Chicago.

The Dallas Cowboys will work with their third defensive coordinator in as many seasons with Matt Eberflus joining the staff and the new hire takes the reigns with the task of utilizing defensive jugge

Matt Eberflus' Dallas homecoming is the opposite of triumphant. The Cowboys' new defensive coordinator left Dallas after seven seasons as the team's linebackers coach (2011-2017) to become an NFL defensive coordinator for the first time with the Indianapolis Colts (2018-2021).