Cowboys ‘firmly in play’ for Brian Flores after Matt Eberflus’ defensive disaster

Brian Flores could be on the move.

According to Pro Football Talk, the Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator — whose contract is set to expire at the end of the season — will have plenty of potential suitors, and the Cowboys will be “firmly in play” to hire Flores if they fire Matt Eberflus as expected.

The Vikings are trying to extend Flores, but if he got another head coaching opportunity, he would be free to leave.

But that wouldn’t be the case if he was still under contract with Minnesota and another team wanted to hire him as defensive coordinator.

Eberflus, according to the site, is set to be canned after a rough season back in Dallas — a year that began with the trade of Micah Parsons to Green Bay.

Whether Dallas owner Jerry Jones would pay Flores would be another issue, as the site noted that ex-Jets head coach Rex Ryan said last year that he would have gotten the defensive coordinator job rather than Mike Zimmer under then-head coach Mike McCarthy if Jones had been willing to pay, but Jones, Ryan said, “couldn’t pony up the money.”