It looks like the Catch The Fade! Podcast two-part season finale may have nailed the evaluation of both coordinator positions. In Part 1, it was opined Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli’s track record of mediocrity should not receive a pass based on the late-season push the team had received. In Part 2, we contemplated that the lack of offensive scheme, playcalling diversity and planning ruined the season from training camp.

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Cowboys front office is seriously consider replacing both Marinelli and OC Scott Linehan as the offseason approaches in the next 48 hours.

The mentioning of Matt Eberflus is right in line with what was discussed in the first podcast. Eberflus is the passing game coordinator, so the improvement in Dallas’ secondary over the last two seasons certainly seems to be a product of his ascension, rather than Marinelli getting things together. Dallas completely retooled the group heading into 2017 with rookies and youngsters and seems to have come out improved by the end of the season.

On offense, the idea of Todd Haley could be exciting for Dallas. He took over for the Steelers in 2012 and the club improved drastically from his second season on. In fact, they’ve finished third in yardage three of last four seasons. They’ve been in the Top 10 in points each of the last four years.

More to the point, Haley has been able to construct a passing game that utilizes Le’Veon Bell to his utmost capability, something that would be huge for Ezekiel Elliott who many believe offers the same skillset in the passing game. That aspect has been curtailed to only screens and decoys under Linehan. In addition, he’s done this while molding Antonio Brown into the NFL’s most-used weapon.

For Dallas and their belief that only receivers 6-foot-2 and above deserve to be boundary players, that could go a long way to shaking up the norms around The Star in Frisco.

Haley was the wide receivers coach in Dallas from 2004 through 2006, working with the likes of Terry Glenn and Terrell Owens. Eberflus came to Dallas as linebackers coach with Rob Ryan, and was kept aboard even with the former’s dismissal after the 2011 season. He was elevated from position coach to passing game coordinator in 2016.