The Cincinnati Bengals have found a new defensive coordinator with Al Golden, while elsewhere in the NFL, another coach who held that the position appears ready to step away from the game for good. After a coaching overhaul with the Dallas Cowboys, it sounds like Mike Zimmer is on his way to retirement.

The Dallas Cowboys reshuffle of their coaching staff has its first victim in the name of their defensive coordinator.

Mike Zimmer, who spent last season as the Dallas Cowboys ' defensive coordinator, said he will not be returning to the team on new head coach Brian Schottenheimer's staff and likely will retire from coaching in the NFL, according to a report Sunday from NFL reporter Ed Werder.

As the 2024 regular season wound down, Lamb notably tried to power through a shoulder injury. He suffered an AC joint sprain during a November meeting with the Falcons in Atlanta. The Cowboys shut Lamb down for the season on Dec. 26, meaning he missed meetings against Philadelphia and Washington.

Former Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy does not plan to coach this year. The New Orleans Saints are the only team still looking to hire a head coach, with six other franchises previously filling their vacancies.

Mike Zimmer will not be returning as the defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys in 2025, and will most likely retire.

When the Cowboys elected to part ways with former head coach Mike McCarthy earlier this month, the writing was on

You don’t get to air quote when something is factually accurate. The last time the Cowboys went to the Super Bowl was during Bill Clinton’s first term as president. The team hasn’t gone to the NFC Championship game in 1995. If something hasn’t happened in 30 years it’s objectively a “drought.”

Last month, star quarterback Joe Burrow had his house burglarized during the Cincinnati Bengals' Week 14 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Now, arrests have been made in connection to the case. According to CBS News,

NFL fans were c ompletly confused over the Cincinnati Bengals signing Michael McCarthy, thinking he was Mike McCarthy.

As of now, the Bengals have a projected $47.6 million in free cap space, but it’s a number the team could dramatically boost with a few cuts ahead of an offseason where they need new additions, plus extensions for Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.

The Dallas Cowboys are expected to hire former Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus as their new defensive coordinator, a league source told UPI on Monday.