Why you shouldn't expect Cowboys DC Rod Marinelli to make any big changes on defense
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Dallas defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli is pictured during the Green Bay Packers vs. the Dallas Cowboys NFL football game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Sunday, October 8, 2017. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)
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FRISCO -- The Cowboys defense has allowed 13 plays of 20-plus yards over the past two games and has cratered in the second half of the last three losses.
But don't look for Cowboys defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli to make any wholesale changes, especially when it comes to his scheme and core beliefs.
Marinelli said he won't waver. Whether he's defensive coordinator on a 13-3 team from last year or head coach of a 0-16 Detroit Lions team in 2008, he sticks to what he does.
"I've been around it when it's had unbelievable success and I've been around it when it didn't," Marinelli said. "Once you vacillate you are done to me, especially when you have strong convictions. You vacillate, I would lose all respect.
"I have strong belief in our players and what we do, so I never question. That's the best part of it. Over my career, it's been questioned before. I just let it go. I just keep doing what I believe in."