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\"DallasMicah Parsons\u2019 future with the Dallas Cowboys remains shrouded in mystery. Contract negotiations between the two sides have broken down and some insiders believe a \u201cdivorce\u201d is inevitable. While the All-Pro defensive end continues to sit out with the regular season just weeks away, fourth-year pass rusher Sam Williams is thrilled just to be back on the field.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys\u2019 second-round pick in 2022 missed all of last season after tearing his ACL in training camp. Now fully healthy, Williams can\u2019t wait for the 2025 campaign to get underway.<\/p>\n

A year removed from his devastating knee injury, Williams feels like he\u2019s back to 100%, according to The Athletic’s Jon Machota. \u201cNow, I feel unstoppable really,\u201d Williams acknowledged.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old defensive lineman is so ready to get the season started that he even had to be pulled from a practice during training camp for hitting his teammates too hard.<\/p>\n

Sam Williams is ready to turn Cowboys\u2019 defense around<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s unclear what exactly the Cowboys\u2019 defense will look like in 2025. In addition to the potential, perhaps even likely, absence of Parsons, Dallas is on its third defensive coordinator in three years. The team cycled through Dan Quinn in 2023 and Mike Zimmer in 2024 before landing on Matt Eberflus in 2025.<\/p>\n

Eberflus is best known for his failed three-year run as head coach of the Chicago Bears. He was fired by Chicago in November of 2024 after leading the Bears to a 4-8 start in his third season at the helm.<\/p>\n

While Bears players weren\u2019t fond of Eberflus, Williams is embracing his new defensive coordinator. \u201cThe main point and emphasis on his defense is to be violent. And I feel like I\u2019m pretty good at that. \u2026 I love this defense,\u201d Williams said, per Machota.<\/p>\n

After the head coaching gig didn\u2019t work out for Eberflus in Chicago, he\u2019s returning to his roots in Dallas. Eberflus spent four seasons as the defensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts before he got the Bears job. And before he ran the defense in Indy, he logged seven years as the Cowboys\u2019 linebackers coach.<\/p>\n

Williams isn\u2019t the only Cowboys defender who\u2019s excited for the new coordinator. Interior lineman Osa Odighizuwa has also talked up Eberflus as Dallas attempts to improve a defense that ranked 28th in the league last season.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cowboys’ former second-round draft pick is fully healthy and ready to contribute to a new-look Dallas defense in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":81170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[54,118,9,62,2221],"class_list":["post-81166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-micah-parsons","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-injury","tag-nfl-training-camp"],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cDallas Defender Explodes With \u2018Violent\u2019 Reaction to Matt Eberflus\u2019 System!\u201d - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81166\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cDallas Defender Explodes With \u2018Violent\u2019 Reaction to Matt Eberflus\u2019 System!\u201d - 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