Philadelphia Eagles: Kellen Moore is an underrated head coach candidate

The Philadelphia Eagles search for a new head coach has been… chaotic, to say the least. Their interviews have now trickled into the double digits, and they’ve kept their net extremely wide in terms of the type of candidates they’ve been reaching out to. The team has interviewed whiz kid offensive coordinators, old-school defensive coordinators, former players, in-house options, and even a special teams coordinator. Jeffrey Lurie and Howie Roseman appear to be exhausting every possible resource in their quest for a new HC, and it’s led to some interesting names being mentioned.

Kellen Moore ticks off all the boxes for the Philadelphia Eagles.

One name that appeared to annoy Eagles fans the most is that of Kellen Moore, the current offensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys. A former NFL quarterback who had stints with both Detroit and Dallas during the 2010s, Moore has been working under Jerry Jones’ watch as a coach since 2018. He was promoted from quarterbacks coach to OC entering the 2019 season, and has widely been considered one of the “up and comers” around the league when discussing play-callers.

With a healthy Dak Prescott under center in 2019, Moore’s offense ranked first in total yards, second in passing yards, fifth in rushing yards, and sixth in total points scored. While Dallas didn’t make the playoffs that season, it was to no fault of Moore, as his unit ranked towards the top of the league in almost every category possible.

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With Prescott out of the picture for the majority of the 2020 season due to an ankle injury, the Cowboys offensive productive dipped quite drastically. Moore wasn’t able to have the same level of success with the likes of Andy Dalton, Garrett Gilbert, and Ben DiNucci, and Ezekiel Elliott looked like a shell of his former self. Dallas’ yards per game dipped to 14th best in the NFL, squashing most of the league’s immediate interest in Moore as a head coach.

With that said, Moore still ticks off virtually every box in terms of what the Philadelphia Eagles should be looking for in a head coach. He’s a great offensive play-caller, he’s young, he’s a former player, and his offensive scheme is one that has proven to get the most out of a quarterback.

Not only did Moore guide Prescott to a career year in 2019, but he also produced two 1,000 yard receivers and a 1,000 yard rusher. With Jalen Reagor, Miles Sanders, and possibly DeVonta Smith/Ja’Marr Chase, the Philadelphia Eagles could create something similar in 2021.

All the reasons that make Carolina Panthers’ OC Joe Brady an exciting hire (a guy everybody seems to love) can also be said about Kellen Moore. His offense was one of the most productive in the league in 2019, and that’s something the Eagles haven’t even come close to under Doug Pederson in quite some time.

Sure he’s a Cowboy, and sure he’s almost too young to be a HC (32 years old), but I would take the Eagles’ interest in Moore to heart. He’s a legitimate candidate, and one that will likely be a head coach sometime in the coming years, regardless of what route Philly goes this offseason.

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As the league continues to get more and more pass-heavy, the ability to score a lot of points is what will drive the most success. The four teams still left in the playoffs are four of the top offenses in the league – that’s no accident. If the Philadelphia Eagles are serious about landing a dynamic play-caller to reinvent their offense around Carson Wentz in 2021, Moore would be a step in the right direction.

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