New Dallas defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus never really stopped to consider a year away from coaching after getting fired by the Chicago Bears.

Not that his wife, Kelly, would have let him.

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“She said she wanted me to go to work now,” Eberflus said Tuesday in his first meeting with reporters since getting hired by the Cowboys. “And I did, too.”

The 57-year-old Eberflus is back where his career took off. He had a seven-year stint on the Dallas defensive staff — from 2011-17 — that led to the defensive coordinator's job with Indianapolis.

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Four years later, Eberflus took over the Bears, getting fired 12 games into his third season, the day after his poor clock

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