Looking at the creativity that Kellen Moore can bring to the Eagles

As I mentioned within the final Kellen Moore put up, I’ve watched a lot movie on the brand new Eagles offensive coordinator that I’ll flip all of the clips I recorded right into a collection of posts, moderately than only one lengthy article. Every one will give attention to a number of totally different facets of Kellen Moore’s philosophy. If you happen to haven’t checked out the earlier two articles, then please accomplish that earlier than studying this one!

Half 1: Run Sport, PA Bare Bootleg and Movement

Half 2: The Blitz, Quads/Journeys Formations and Vertical Pictures

On this one, I’ll take a look at just a few bits I didn’t get to within the first two items after which give my total ideas on the rent.

Creativity

I’ll be sincere, I’m not somebody who’s a giant fan of ‘trick performs’ or no matter. Sure, the Philly Particular is the best Tremendous Bowl play of all time. However, let’s be actual, after we are analyzing an offense and breaking down the scheme, we not often embrace trick performs in our evaluation.

Nevertheless, why not? If you happen to watched the Eagles’ offense final yr, you had been in all probability fairly bored at occasions. The Eagles didn’t strive something fancy or distinctive, even when nothing was working. I believe that may change subsequent yr, as Kellen Moore makes use of extra inventive performs to attempt to shock defenses and in addition to set them up for the same look afterward within the sport.

I’ve known as this part creativity, however I may have named it ‘WR Fly Sweeps’. Kellen Moore likes to make use of his receiver within the run sport and I’m going to be trying laborious at vast receivers who excel with the ball of their arms within the draft this yr. The Eagles completely want a brand new profile at WR3 this offseason. WR3 performs an necessary function in Moore’s offense as a result of he likes to run performs like this.

As I mentioned within the tweet, that is one other method that Moore desires to stretch protection horizontally.

I noticed numerous 21 personnel with our of backs break up out vast too. If you happen to learn my work final yr, you recognize that I’m an enormous fan of 21 personnel so I obtained excited after I noticed this play. It’s one other method that Moore tries to disguise what he desires to do. I’ll return to the quote from my first article on Moore…

Our complete aim from an out of doors perspective is to make it look as complicated as doable. And on the finish of the day, it’s fairly easy for us. It’s plenty of the identical ideas, it’s plenty of methods of doing the identical issues.

How cool is that this play? Simply watch the Texans linebackers. They don’t know what’s going on.

This subsequent one is well my favourite play that I noticed on-line. That is simply superior. It’s not only a random trick play both. This works due to what Kellen Moore’s offenses wish to run. We all know he likes to run toss performs (learn article 1!) and we now have already mentioned above that he likes to run fly sweeps together with his receivers too.

Positives

If I haven’t backed all the pieces up with stats right here, please return and skim the first and 2nd articles. That is extra of a abstract of issues that I’m fairly sure of, based mostly on the movie and the stats!

+ Kellen Moore has a confirmed observe report of success. He led an excellent Cowboys’ offense over a number of years. This isn’t an unproven younger coach who might be overruled by Nick Sirianni.

+ He has confirmed that he can plan an offense to succeed towards the blitz. The leaked 2021 playbook highlights that he takes this a part of an offense very severely.

+ He has a observe report of efficiently utilizing movement over a number of years, in each the run sport and go sport.

+ He runs an offense that features plenty of underneath heart which is able to give the Eagles’ offense one other dimension.

+ His offenses could have a number of ways in which he can beat the protection, and I count on extra changes week to week moderately than a ‘we’re higher than you and we are going to run our offense it doesn’t matter what’ identification.

+ He matches the philosophy of an aggressive coach who desires to take pictures down the sector and options his star expertise at receiver.

+ He’s keen to decide to the run when he must. His Cowboys’ offenses had been constantly very sturdy in working the ball.

Negatives

– Make no mistake, that is going to be a change in scheme for all of the offensive gamers. The offensive line goes to should get used to working extra exterior zone. The receivers might be requested to run ideas based mostly on timing and never simply isolation down the sector routes. All eligible receivers should be ready to probably alter their routes relying on if the protection blitzes.

– That is going to be a giant check for Jalen Hurts. Kellen Moore’s offense will ask him to do various things. He hasn’t been underneath heart in a very long time. He hasn’t been requested to show his again to the protection on play-action. He hasn’t proven that he can run an offense that actually focuses on scorching routes when the protection blitzes.

– I would like an offense that options an underneath heart run sport, however it does take away the mobility of the quarterback at occasions. This might impression the Eagles’ offense run sport negatively if it doesn’t work and he may conflict with Jeff Stoutland.

– He hasn’t featured the display sport as an offensive coordinator, which is a disgrace as a result of the Eagles’ offensive line may be very sturdy. However the crew hasn’t had an excellent display sport in years, and I don’t count on that to vary.

– He solely lasted one season with a particularly gifted quarterback at his disposal. Though he wasn’t technically fired because the Head Coach was fired.

– The Chargers’ offense wasn’t nice final yr. Sure, that they had plenty of accidents and a disastrous working sport. However they underperformed.

General

I’m excited by this rent. Sadly, regardless of watching a hell of plenty of movie on Kellen Moore’s offenses, I can’t let you know that the rent is assured to work! It’s actually troublesome to foretell this stuff as a result of there are such a lot of variables. I believed I’d get my excuses out of the way in which early…

I believe Moore matches Nick Sirianni’s philosophy properly, however the way in which he does it is extremely totally different. This offense goes to look totally different subsequent yr if Moore is actually the person in cost. The aggressive mindset is analogous, however the scheme is loads totally different. I’m certain the Eagles will preserve components of the offense which have been profitable these previous few years, however this crew wanted a shakeup.

I wished the Eagles to rent a brand new offensive coach who will carry new components, together with using movement, solutions towards the blitz, and somebody who’s confirmed and never inexperienced. Kellen Moore ticks all these 3 packing containers. That is going to be a unique offense, and there could possibly be a studying curve for Jalen Hurts, however I believe this offense will be profitable and I’m optimistic that Kellen Moore is the person to steer this time ahead. No matter occurs subsequent yr, if Moore is given full management, I count on this to be a really totally different offense than what we noticed in the direction of the tip of this yr. That may’t be a foul factor.