Cowboys expected to hire Packers Defensive Passing Game Coordinator Derek Ansley

[john van brocklin]

I'm hoping the GM and EVP sign him on the first day of FA.

Preparing to be disappointed when they sit on their hands again throughout FA.

You will get dumpster diving and you will like it!

 

[Risen Star]

You will get dumpster diving and you will like it!

While Jerry and the coaching staff are finalizing plans for free agency this will be Stephen's input.

 

[Maverick84]

Now do Zach Orr

This is a family forum.

 

[Risen Star]

 

[HanD]

Gimme Zach orr as lb coach and running game coordinator with marcus dixon as dl coach.

 

[Carson]

Gimme Zach orr as lb coach and running game coordinator with marcus dixon as dl coach.

This

 

[TRUTH87]

I'm hoping the GM and EVP sign him on the first day of FA.

Preparing to be disappointed when they sit on their hands again throughout FA.

I think they’ll be active ..with low budget FA.

 

[deerhunter11]

Irrelevant but Fun Fact:

Derek Ansley was a safety at Troy and a teammate of Cowboys legend DeMarcus Ware.

That's cool.

 

[Chuck 54]

What role? That former AZ coach will coach secondary right?

Many teams have a CB coach, a safety coach, a pass game coordinator who makes sure the Secondary and LBs, including edges who may drop off in coverage are all coordinated with each other. It is even becoming normal to have a guy who only coaches the slot guys as they become more important in confusing the QB, playing coverage, blitzing, and having run fit responsibilities.

 

[Risen Star]

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Quay Walker is awful for the guys in this thread who are begging for him but haven’t watched a single snap of his lol

I’ve watched him
Not as much as Packers fans but he’s a good linebacker who flashes at times and looks poor at times. I’m willing to add him to my unit.

 

[_sturt_]

Too many cooks in the kitchen... too many chiefs, not enough indians... and the 2026 Dallas Cowboys version... well on our way to hiring a defensive backfield coach for every defensive back on our roster.

Seriously, this is just weird. Conventionally speaking, if your DC has a strong DL background, you install a run game coordinator... and vice versa. Can't wait to hear the explanation, and to measure its coherency.

 

[ConstantReboot]

I’ve watched him
Not as much as Packers fans but he’s a good linebacker who flashes at times and looks poor at times. I’m willing to add him to my unit.

He has talent for sure. He's productive but if we can coach him him he has alot of potential.

 

[Aven8]

DB Coach Coordinator, first hires are a passing game coordinator/db coach and a secondary coach.

This is like my grandmother french kissing me.

With the 12 pick, Cornerback. With the 20th pick, Safety…….

 

[_sturt_]

Too many cooks in the kitchen... too many chiefs, not enough indians... and the 2026 Dallas Cowboys version... well on our way to hiring a defensive backfield coach for every defensive back on our roster.

Seriously, this is just weird. Conventionally speaking, if your DC has a strong DL background, you install a run game coordinator... and vice versa. Can't wait to hear the explanation, and to measure its coherency.

Dang. Did I write that??? Apparently desperate need for sleep last night... should have read "if your DC has a strong DL background, you install a passing game coordinator... and vice versa."

 

[big dog cowboy]

Too many cooks in the kitchen... too many chiefs, not enough indians... and the 2026 Dallas Cowboys version... well on our way to hiring a defensive backfield coach for every defensive back on our roster.

Not exclusive to the Cowboys. Have you seen how big these coaching staffs in the NFL are these days?

 

[Risen Star]

 

[_sturt_]

Not exclusive to the Cowboys. Have you seen how big these coaching staffs in the NFL are these days?

The point raised isn't so much about the number as much as the replication. One would expect... of course... that your new DC and former passing game coordinator will bring to the table that expertise, though now he will have a broader focus... and... that your new passing coordinator will bring to the table that, though he also apparently will be coaching DBs... which of course is so very different from... your new secondary coach's contribution.

Rite?

Nah. Now look, I'm sure that they're not stupid and have in their heads how they're going to delineate the specific responsibilities, but that's a question that begs to be asked. For now, though, it doesn't fit with any conventional way that NFL teams do this. Perhaps (???)... what we'll see is that there is no single coach responsible only for safeties, another for CBs... but rather there will just be defensive backfield coaches, plural. Or perhaps (???), they're simply waiting to see who else they hire before they assign Smith a specific position group to focus on.

This crap just fall so flat to me... it's cherry picking and hyperbole... every coach that ever got hired is going to have some teaching clips. To make it out as-if this is something exceptional and we're assembling the NFL's preeminent teaching staff is just Pollyanna-ish. I'm confident that self-interest is being pursued and they're going to hire the guys they perceive to be the best teachers... but anyone who's ever hired anyone understands that's a subjective judgment, and it tends toward self-delusion to think you're cornering that market... or even that you're necessarily improving on what you had before. Hoping for the best, but not going to have social media click kings persuade that we have some great reason for encouragement that we've never had before.

 

[xwalker]

This is like my grandmother french kissing me.

Did that happen often?

 

[_sturt_]

Did that happen often?

Who's asking and why?