Eagles hiring former Cowboys assistant Kellen Moore as offensive coordinator

Eagles hiring former Cowboys assistant Kellen Moore as offensive coordinator originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Eagles have turned to their biggest rival to fill their offensive coordinator vacancy.

Kellen Moore, who coached the Cowboys to three top-6 offensive rankings in four years in Dallas, will be the Eagles’ new offensive coordinator, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Saturday evening.

Moore replaces Brian Johnson, who was fired after three years with the Eagles, this past season as offensive coordinator. Moore will be the Eagles’ third offensive coordinator in three years.

Moore spent the last year with the Chargers as OC under Brandon Staley, who was fired last month and replaced by former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh.

Nick Sirianni said on Wednesday that whoever he brings in as offensive coordinator will bring in his own scheme and structure as opposed to calling plays within Sirianni’s offense.

“We’re bringing in a guy to bring in new ideas, to do the things that he’s done in the past,” he said Wednesday. “It’d be crazy not to add some of the things that we’ve done in the past here, as well. …

“We’re working on getting the best guy in here for the job and a guy who has a vision, a guy who’s going to call the plays, a guy who’s going to be able to coach a quarterback. … So it’s just about getting the right guy and then we’ll decide where that goes. But I’m hiring him to do a job and to be in charge of the offense.”

The Eagles did finish seventh in the NFL in scoring this past season, but the offense grew stale and predictable as the year went on. They scored fewer than 20 points in five of their last seven games, and in their wild-card loss in Tampa, the Eagles scored just nine points.

Moore, 35, spent parts of six seasons as a backup quarterback with the Lions (2012-14) and Cowboys (2015-17) before starting his coaching career in 2018 as the Cowboys’ quarterbacks coach. After one year, he was promoted to offensive coordinator…

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Publish date : 2024-01-28 04:41:40

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