On Sunday, there was a mutual parting of the ways between
the Cowboys and offensive coordinator, Kellen Moore on
Monday. Welcome to the LA Chargers. What are shocked?
That was? I mean, not really, but I guess kind of
it tells you that more had something going on behind
the scenes with the charge. He did s*** to just show up and
interview for the job and get hired right away. Now,
the Rooney rule applies to coordinator jobs now and
the Chargers had complied with all the requirements, but it just
seems weird. It just
it creates the feeling that
that there was something happening behind the scenes and
maybe the Cowboys were fine with it. I think the Cowboys
are trying to offload Kellen Moore because if you just push
him out you owe him the balance of his contract.
Maybe he's getting as much as he would have gotten from
the Cowboys and it saves Jerry Jones. Every penny that he
would have otherwise spent on Kellen Moore, I don't know, but
I do know this
now. Kellen Moore goes into a spot where he's working with
a defensive coach not an offensive coach and he has
a pretty damn good quarterback. To try to mold into the kind of
superstar that will
help Kellen Moore.
Go interview for a head coaching job in, actually get
it. And then the Chargers have to hire another offensive
coordinator. Which is a point we made earlier when you have
a defensive coach and a great quarterback, you have
a revolving door at offense of coordinator.
Yeah, no doubt. I mean, it reminds me something and
offensive coach once told me when he was going to be
an offensive coordinator after, he was no longer, you know, not
calling plays, you know, it's like you can't hide now
and it's not that.
Kellen Moore was hiding before, and when you're calling plays
for Dak Prescott, you're trying to bring up that Prescott. But
this is really a spotlight job because of the potential that
we all believe that Justin Herbert has.
And I mean, I don't know how many times I've sat here
on Monday mornings on this program and said, man, it is so
frustrating to watch, Justin Herbert, throw balls at or
behind the line of scrimmage, right? I mean, you have a guy
in Austin, Echo, who
he's extremely talented, and I don't mean to say this to put
him down. But when you have the kind of receiving Corps, and
I know that they were injured but that they have with
the Chargers,
you don't want to see also Network catch, 100 passes,
that's not necessarily what you want to see. You want to see
Justin Herbert, push the ball down the field a little bit
more. I mean, I was looking at it, you know, as I was getting
ready for this last night, Justin, Herbert, in 6.8 yards
per attempt nine point nine yards per completion. That
Prescott this year, seven point three yards per attempt
and 11.0 yards per completion, Then that means
he's getting the ball down the field farther. So, just that
alone should be more encouraging than anything else
to Chargers fans. And at its peak right? In the five games
that that played before he got hurt couple of years ago, he
was at eight point four
yards for a tent. You can get that kind of thing with Justin
Herbert and Keenan Allen and Mike Williams, then you're
really gonna be in business and perhaps we're talking about
the Chargers as more of a serious Contender than we were this
year.
Yeah. And it is a great opportunity for Kellen Moore.
And and look, the pressure is going to be on Brandon Staley
this year, but the pressure was going to be on Mike McCarthy.
It's not like, Kellen Moore
stepped into a situation that was worse than the one he was in.
I think the, the
scrutiny of the Cowboys would be stronger than ever
in 2023 with, or, without more there because McCarthy still
there. Now you go to a place where you do have a guy who
from an overall skill set standpoint, one of the best.
Quarterbacks in the NFL, we're just waiting for the most to be
gotten from him. And one thing we don't know about last year,
we had that rib injury week to. How long did that really a him
in effect? Him the shoulder surge we've found out about
on Sunday, you, so maybe the guy wasn't 100%, but we have
seen some greatness from Justin Herbert and out, Kellen Moore.
If he pulls enough of it out ends up, becoming a head coach
somewhere else.
We know that's how the formula go.