The day after the Dallas Cowboys lost 30-27 to the Carolina Panthers, the talk of the town is a very reasonable one. Should the Cowboys fire defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus?

It’s a difficult question to answer for multiple reasons. First of all, the Cowboys’ problems on defense can’t be all blamed on Eberflus. The truth is personnel has failed to execute many times, which means part of the blame is on the players and part of it is in the front office that put together the roster in the first place.

And yet, when blown coverages are still a constant in Week 6, run fits are questionable at best, and your starting cornerback is telling the media the defense has no identity, the arguments are clear for a potential change at defensive coordinator. Well, the Cowboys are making their stance very clear going into Week 7.

Cowboys EVP and director of player personnel Stephen Jones joined 105.3 The Fan Monday morning to discuss the defensive effort and after describing it as a “work in progress,” he went to bat for Eberflus.

“We just have to continue to work every day and get our hands around how we can play the best defensive football,” Jones said. “Certainly, (Eberflus) has been an established coach in this league and have a lot of confidence that he’ll get the job done.”

Jones’ message mirrors that from head coach Brian Schottenheimer on Sunday postgame: “That’s a great coach, he’s been around, everywhere he’s ever been, he’s had good defenses.”

In other words, don’t expect the Cowboys to make a change at defensive coordinator just yet. Could it happen down the road? Absolutely. This is the NFL and changes can happen at any moment. But for now, the Cowboys seem to be betting on time being an ally for Eberflus’ scheme. The only problem is at 2-3-1 and with tough opponents ahead, time feels like more of an enemy than it does a friend.