The Dallas Cowboys have been historically bad on defense through four games, but they are sticking with Mike Nolan as defensive coordinator.

Nolan was hired under Mike McCarthy this past offseason. They are allowing 36.5 points per game.

"Very high confidence in Mike Nolan," Mike McCarthy said. "We are going to stay the course. A lot conversation as you would expect. Mike and I were here last night.

"John Fassel and I were here last night. We've spent more times on these kinda games than you probably should. We are on top of where we are. We don't like the way it turned out. Certainly understand the point totals. Driver starters -- as far as 20 percent of the drives have started across the 50. 

"That is a challenge for any defense. We are focusing on the details of the things that we need to do better. My confidence is very high in Mike Nolan."