The Cowboys’ linebacker corps is in a period of flux. Micah Parsons is now the unequivocal alpha dog of the unit after a rookie season for the ages, but there’s an awful lot of uncertainty around him. Leighton Vander Esch and Keanu Neal, both 2021 starters, are poised to enter free agency, second-year man Jabril Cox is coming off a major injury, and Francis Bernard and Luke Gifford have only been minor contributors to this point.
Now Dallas looks to be beefing up their coaching staff with a former Cowboys linebacker. And no, it’s not Sean Lee. The Cowboys are expected to hire Joe Bowden to the coaching staff, according to various reports.
Bowden played nine seasons in the NFL- eight with the Oilers and Titans during that franchise’s relocation and name change, and his final season of 2000 with Dallas. He played in all 16 games for the Cowboys that year.
Bowden, a Dallas native who played high school ball in Mesquite, has served on several coaching staffs since hanging up his…