Kellen Moore helped devise a Super Bowl-winning gameplan for the Philadelphia Eagles. Now head coach Nick Sirianni wants his high profile offensive coordinator back in 2025.
That’s a big ask. Moore’s rising star dimmed a bit after one uninspired season under Brandon Staley with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2023. But he emerged as a hot head coaching candidate last fall after making Saquon Barkley an MVP candidate and crafting the offense that crushed the Kansas City Chiefs’ three-peat dreams at the 2025 Super Bowl.
That’s likely to lead him to the New Orleans Saints’ vacant head coach position. And while that’s seemingly a done deal, Sirianni made one last public overture to keep him in Philadelphia in front of a national audience (warning: language is not safe for work):
"Let's run this s— back, Kellen."
Nick Sirianni after winning Super Bowl LIX 🤣 (📺 FOX) pic.twitter.com/yMO5lvrX8Z
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) February 10, 2025
“[Defensive coordinator] Vic [Fangio]’s been a great coordinator in this league for decades, and he was awesome today,” said Sirianni. “Kellen, you know, let’s run this [expletive] back. Let’s run this back.”
That probably won’t be enough to keep Moore from leaving, but it probably makes Saints fans a little bit happier about their new presumptive playbook designer. Moore was a legend at Boise State and a long time NFL backup quarterback before rapidly rising through the coaching ranks. The 35-year old will be the league’s youngest head coach should he accept the New Orleans job this offseason.
