The Cowboys have added another pair of names to the interview slate in their search for a new defensive coordinator, and these latest two are responsible for a few of the team’s more humbling defeats in recent seasons.

The list of known candidates for the position formerly occupied by Matt Eberflus is now up to six. Vikings pass game coordinator Daronte Jones and Browns safeties coach Ephraim Banda interviewed on Friday; Broncos pass game coordinator Jim Leonhard met with the team on Saturday. Current Cowboys defensive line coach Aaron Whitecotton made his case on Monday.

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Dallas is now scheduled to interview former Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon, as well as Ravens defensive coordinator Zach Orr on Tuesday.

Gannon had been the skipper in Arizona since the 2023 season. Despite a dismal 15-36 record overall, Gannon notched two of his signature wins over the Cowboys. The first came in 2023’s Week 3, with the Cardinals pounding a depleted Cowboys squad 28-16 in a game that was never as close as the score suggested. It was Gannon’s first win as a head coach.

The Cards did it again in Week 9 this season, embarrassing Dallas by a 27-17 count behind backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett in front of a Monday night primetime audience. It would, coincidentally, be Gannon’s final win as Arizona’s head coach, as the team lost their final nine contests of the season.

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The 43-year-old was fired last Monday but is expected to be a popular interview for several open positions around the league, including Washington’s defensive coordinator role and Tennessee’s head coaching gig. He is scheduled to formally meet with those organizations later this week.

Orr has been the Ravens defensive coordinator for two seasons and also got his first win in that job against Dallas. That came in Week 3 last year, in a game that saw Baltimore get out to a dominant 28-6 lead before the Cowboys managed to score 19 purely cosmetic points in the fourth quarter.

The team reportedly asked Baltimore’s permission to speak with Orr as he appears to be officially under contract and is still listed on the team website; Orr himself has removed his title as “Ravens DC” from his social media bios.

The 33-year-old Orr is a Metroplex native who played his college ball at North Texas before suiting up for the Ravens at linebacker for three seasons, including a second-team All-Pro stint in 2016. That proved to be his swan song as a player; Orr retired before the 2017 season due to a congenital neck/spine condition.

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He immediately joined the defensive coaching staff in Baltimore and has spent every season but 2021 with the franchise, moving quickly from analyst to DC over eight NFL seasons. The one year Orr spent in Jacksonville as outside linebackers coach was the season Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer was the Jaguars’ pass game coordinator.

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