This upcoming off-season, the Green Bay Packers are anticipated to make a few adjustments to their coaching staff. A few other positions appear less likely to return, despite the fact that many believe head coach Matt LaFleur will be safe to return.
Joe Barry, the defensive coordinator who has recently come under fire, appears to be at the top of that list. When quarterback Baker Mayfield finished with a perfect passer rating of 158.3, perhaps the best game of his career, that seat got even hotter. Since then, a number of names have surfaced as potential Joe Barry replacements; few are more intriguing than the current Dallas Cowboys coach.
Whitt’s time as a coordinator has come. During his ten years in Green Bay, the Packers led the league in interceptions, completion percentage, and opponent passer rating. In his three seasons as the defensive passing-game coordinator for the Cowboys, the team has finished third in opponent rating, third in opponent completion percentage, and first in interceptions. This season, Dallas is No. 6 in opponent passer rating despite Trevon Diggs’ injury; DaRon Bland, a fifth-round pick the previous year, leads the NFL with eight interceptions and five pick-sixes. Bland has coached under both Dan Quinn’s 4-3 and Dom Capers’ 3-4 schemes.
Whitt worked as a staff member in Atlanta, Green Bay, and Cleveland before moving to Dallas in 2021. After his rookie season with the Cowboys, he was contacted by multiple teams to interview for defensive coordinator jobs. He has stayed in Dallas, though, and if current DC Dan Quinn leaves the team, he is reportedly a contender for that position.
It would be a huge victory for the team if that turns out not to be the case, or if Whitt chooses to go back to Green Bay. Whitt led the Green Bay Packers’ cornerbacks to victory in Super Bowl XLV during the 2010–11 campaign.
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