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Ralph Vacchiano
NFC East Reporter
Kellen Moore was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles to fix a growing problem. Their offense, once their strength, didn’t work during their miserable stretch run last season. Nick Sirianni even admitted that it suddenly became “stale.”
But when the Eagles’ new offensive coordinator looked at the film, he didn’t just see the dysfunction that contributed so much to the disappointing 1-6 finish. He saw issues that needed to be addressed, but he also saw bright spots. And nothing made him think that the Eagles needed to throw their entire playbook away.
“I think the biggest thing was I felt like, ‘Hey, we got some really good stuff going on here,'” Moore said last week. “‘And we can’t lose the good.'”
That really is the crux of what the 35-year-old Moore’s job is this season. He wasn’t hired to reinvent the offensive scheme they’ve used since Nick Sirianni was hired as head coach in 2021. He was hired to find a way to make Sirianni’s offense work again. They need him to find a way to keep all the good things the Eagles do well on offense and somehow enhance it. He’s not being asked to install his own scheme and run the Eagles offense his way.
He was hired, in Sirianni’s words, to “take away the staleness” and to “add value” to what the Eagles already do.
And they did do things well. After all, they were the NFL’s eighth-ranked offense last season — the third time they’ve ranked in the top 14 in Sirianni’s three seasons (even though he’s now on to his fourth offensive coordinator). They averaged 25.5 points and 354.3 yards per game in 2023. And with quarterback Jalen Hurts, receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith and tight end Dallas Goedert, they were loaded with weapons even before they added running back Saquon Barkley in March.
Their problems were just magnified down the stretch, when they suddenly couldn’t score or move the ball efficiently. They averaged just 18.9 points in their…
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Publish date : 2024-05-22 17:15:17
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