The offensive coordinator of the Eagles of Philadelphia, Kellen Moore, should be hired as the new head coach of the Holy Orleans, according to Adam Schefter d’Espn.
Moore, 36, would resume a team of saints who finished 5-12 last season and ended with the last place of the NFC South. Head coach Dennis Allen was dismissed after nine games and his replacement, Darren Rizzi, went 3-5 on a provisional basis.
Before being officially announced, Moore will help Eagles against Kansas City chiefs at Super Bowl Lix on Sunday.
After a career as a player of six seasons of the NFL with the Cowboys of Detroit Lions and Dallas, Moore entered the ranks of coaches starting as a quarter coach, then took over as an offensive coordinator with the 2019 cowboys At 2022. After separating from Dallas, he resumed the management of the Los Angeles charge offensive as part of Brandon Staley’s staff, but there was only one season before being hired by the Eagles of Philadelphia in the same position.
The saints were the last NFL team who remained with a job as head coach. The director general Mickey Loomis has launched a large net in a search for a new head coach. He spoke with Rizzi, Moore, Aaron Glenn, Joe Brady and Anthony Weaver, among others. Mike McCarthy was also a candidate, but he would have withdrawn from the race and will be reinstated the coaching market for 2026.
The saints have not made the playoffs since 2020, the end of their four -year race as champions in the south of the NFC.
Moore will have to struggle with uncertainty in the quarter-arre with the veteran Derek Carr and a projection of the salary ceiling, the league, which, According to spotrac.comis more than $ 51 million.
In an analysis of Moore’s candidacy for the work of cowboys head coach, who finally went to Brian Schottenheimer, Jori Epstein by Yahoo Sports wrote last month:
At least nine teams covering six of the Eight League divisions have requested interviews with Moore since he went up to the coordinator, according to the publications of the social media of these teams at the time and more recent reports.
The perception he left in the interviews?
“Super impressive,” said a frame that interviewed Moore for a previous opening in Yahoo Sports. “We all left by saying that he is going to be a head coach one day. Incredibly intelligent and was simply very organized with his thoughts. »»
Moore’s curriculum vitae continued to promote, its growing experience when approaching its 36th anniversary. Schematically, the son of a long-standing secondary coach, who created play manuals like a child, strikes people as ready to sail in the balance of the management of the game coach and responsibilities of play.
Interpersally, the executive who interviewed Moore praised how easy it was to speak and how he made a duty to stay in touch with the team’s brass after their first meetings. Moore is accessible and has received praise of players for his receptivity to their ideas and creative wrinkles.
