The Facts:
Monte Kiffin has agreed to become the Cowboys’ next defensive coordinator, ESPN’s Ed Werder reports.
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
As the guru of the Tampa 2 defense, Kiffin will surely bring in a dramatic departure from the schemes of the previous defensive coordinator, Rob Ryan. As PFT's Michael David Smith notes, Kiffin will shift from a 3-4 front to a 4-3 front, and the Cowboys’ secondary will learn to play in a Cover 2 defense. But Smith added the question now is whether the Cowboys have the right personnel for that: DeMarcus Ware has become one of the NFL’s best pass rushers as a 3-4 outside linebacker, but now he’ll be shifted into a 4-3 defensive end. And the Cowboys made major investments in the cornerbacks last season, signing Brandon Carr to a free-agent contract and trading up to draft Morris Claiborne, but they made those investments with the idea that Carr and Claiborne were the right fits for Ryan’s defense, not for Kiffin’s.
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