Crossing Broad
Can’t believe Kellen Moore will be thinking about Spencer Rattler more than the Super Bowl tomorrow:
Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore is expected to become the New Orleans Saints’ head coach, barring any unexpected developments, per league sources.https://t.co/cTjRsO4JFv
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 9, 2025
Every time the Eagles go to the Super Bowl a coordinator loses his stripes. That’s crazy. It’ll be a small price to pay when they’re back next year in Santa Clara and Kyle Shanahan is on the unemployment line.
Here’s more from Adam Schefter via ESPN.com:
The Saints are making sure they do everything by the book so as not to break any rules and risk any potential penalties. New Orleans learned from the lesson of the Arizona Cardinals, who were penalized for tampering with then-Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, who they eventually hired as their head coach.
Arizona and Philadelphia ultimately agreed to a draft compensation penalty as a result of phone call between Gannon and the Cardinals that took place during a no-contact period in advance of Super Bowl LVII.
The Saints, with their history of being in the NFL’s crosshairs, don’t want to bend or break any rules and therefore will wait until after Super Bowl LIX on Sunday before working to try to finalize any agreement with Moore, according to sources. The sides are not expected to have any challenges to get a deal done, sources said.
Moore is expected to have his salary more than doubled, and possibly tripled, and few would be willing to surrender an opportunity like that to become one of the NFL’s 32 head coaches.
Moore privately has told people he is interested in and wants the Saints job, according to sources, and the Saints want him, which is why a deal is expected to get done once the sides can meet again after Super Bowl LIX, barring an unexpected breakdown in contract talks.
Listen I don’t subscribe to the fact that coaches are distracted when they take jobs before the Super Bowl. Leave those conspiracies for mouth breathers and Marcus Hayes. These guys are adults. This isn’t a job at Wawa Kellen Moore is leaving. He’s still one of 32 to have the opportunity to be an OC who can win the Super Bowl and everyone in the NFL gets into coaching to win a Super Bowl. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity for people. It’s gonna be business as usual. Just like it was when Shane Steichen had the Colts job lined up before the Super Bowl too. If the Eagles defense didn’t play on an ice rink and shit the bed in the second half the Gannon stuff is a non-story. They still gave up 31 points and the last time I checked the Eagles scored 35.
The only thing I’ll lend some thought to on the eve of the Super Bowl is the constant reshuffling of the deck...
