Mike Zimmer isn't going to try to reinvent a Dallas Cowboys defense that has ranked seventh, tied for fifth and fifth in points allowed while totaling an NFL-best 93 takeaways over the past three seasons.

Zimmer is the team's new defensive coordinator with Dan Quinn leaving to become the head coach of the Washington Commanders.

"We're not trying to reinvent the wheel here," Zimmer said. "I mean, they've been pretty good. I've been in some situations where things that haven't happened, but that happens in coaching. It happens a lot.

"We're going to look at the players, try to figure out the best way to use them, put the scheme together and, again, we want to take the good things that they've done and maybe add a few more other things we've done good in the past."