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The Cowboys will interview Joe Whitt Jr. on Sunday for his position as defensive coordinator, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media.
The Cowboys fired Mike Nolan on Friday.
Whitt worked with Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy in Green Bay from 2008-18, coordinating the Packers’ defensive passing game in his last season there. He was the Falcons’ secondary coach and coordinator of the passing game in 2020.
Whitt worked for the Browns in 2018.
He started his NFL career in Atlanta in 2007 as an assistant defense coach.
The Cowboys allowed the worst franchise of 473 points, surpassing the 436 that the 2010 team allowed. The allowed 2,541 running yards were below the team’s 2,636 record that the 2,000 team allowed.