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What was the worst part of Nick Sirianni stepping on Kellen Moore’s toes? What ever happened to Josh Sweat? Are the Eagles giving Saquon Barkley too many touches?
We take a look at those questions and many others in this week’s edition of Roob’s 10 Random Eagles Observations.
Observe on!
1. Imagine you’re Kellen Moore. You have the No. 5 offense in the NFL after two weeks and you’ve just called plays on a drive that started at your own 7-yard-line with 3:55 to go in the first half, and 15 plays later has your team in position for a game-tying field goal. And then the head coach who supposedly gave you autonomy to run the offense over-rules you and calls an ill-advised 4th-down play that fails miserably? That’s the part of what happened Sunday that really bothers me. Not even the play call or the play execution as much as the fact that Nick Sirianni picked that spot to do what he swore he would never do and snagged play-call duties from his 1st-year playcaller. Moore by any measure has done a terrific job running the offense. The Eagles are now No. 2 in the NFL in yards per game and that’s without A.J. Brown for two games and without a bunch of other key guys in the second half Sunday in New Orleans. And without scoring before halftime Sunday because Sirianni meddled where he can’t meddle. If this unusual approach is going to work – with Sirianni as a CEO coach and Moore having autonomy over the offense – Sirianni has to stay out of Moore’s way. Not 99 percent of the time but all the time. Moore handled questions about all this Tuesday the way you’d expect, talking about the value of collaboration and how all the offensive coaches contribute ideas blah blah blah. He said all the right things. But if you’re Moore, how would you like to be out there calling plays at a high level and then at a crucial…
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Publish date : 2024-09-27 22:59:18
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