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(Yesterday, 02:08 AM)kevin Wrote: His high resume as Defensive Coordinator is due to his years with Indy Colts.  Does that mean he had some training under Tony Dungy ?  If so, that would be an extra, because Tony Dungy turned both awful Tampa and Indy into Defensive Powers.  Dungy on taking over both teams said he needed to draft and bring in more speed on Defense. Dungy hated slow players. He wanted super fast defenses from front line to Db's.  So if this coach had any experience as a coach for Defensive Guru Tony Dungy, that would be a huge plus on his resume.  That would mean if hired, we would see a much Faster Bengals Defense flying to the football.  Slow Bengals D Players would be shown the door. 

No, they were separated by about 15 years lol.

He worked under rob ryan earlier in Cleveland and Dallas. He also was under monte kiffin in Dallas after rob ryan and Kiffin was the DC under Tony dungy. So in a roundabout way, maybe he learned a thing or two about the Tampa 2 style defense, but that was short lived for a few years.

But he has worked with successful defensive coaches

Eric Mangini
Rob Ryan
Monte Kiffin

In 2016, after being sought after for various defensive coordinator positions around the league, the Cowboys were able to keep Eberflus in house and made him the team's Defensive Passing Game Coordinator in addition to his linebacker coaching duties. Eberflus helped the Cowboys defense boast the NFL's No. 1 overall rushing defense (83.5 yards per game) in 2016, and the No. 5 ranked scoring defense. Sean Lee led the defense with 175 tackles (120 solo) and 12.0 tackles for loss, both career highs, and was named First Team All-Pro and selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl.

Inheriting a defense (Colts) that finished No. 30 in the NFL in both scoring defense (25.2 points allowed per game) and total defense (367.1 yards allowed per game) in 2017, Eberflus turned the defense around in just one season, to rank No. 10 in scoring defense (21.5 points allowed per game) and No. 11 in total defense (339.4 yards allowed per game) in 2018.