During the Philadelphia Eagles’ rout of the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, there was one particular play and decision that stood out the rest.
The Eagles were leading the Chiefs 27-0 in the third quarter. By this time, there was a feeling the game was over. Kellen Moore didn’t take his foot off the gas. On the first play after a Kansas City turnover on downs, Jalen Hurts threw a bomb to DeVonta Smith, who appeared to be the primary target.
Moore is expected to be the New Orleans Saints head coach. He worked under Nick Sirianni and Brandon Staley in his last two stops. Both of those coaches are known as very aggressive decision makers on critical downs. Staley became infamous for his propensity to go for it on fourth down.
If you mix dialing up a shot play to completely ice the biggest game of the year with the potential influence of his last two head coaches, there’s reason to believe Kellen Moore would be aggressive as a head coach.
That could entail more fourth down conversions. While the Saints and Eagles attempted the same amount of fourth down conversions, 27, it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume the two stats were accumulated in different ways. The Saints were often in situations where they had to go for it on fourth down.
That’s not aggression. On the same note, Philadelphia likely used the Tush Push/Brotherly Shove, depending on how you prefer to reference it, on many fourth down attempts.
That may not be part of the Saints offense, so it leaves you to wonder what aggresssion from Moore would look like in New Orleans. That’s an unknown, but it likely won’t be unknown for long if he accepts the job.