For those who missed it, the Eagles are in rebuilding mode. The coaching staff has been overhauled with 35-year-old Kellen Moore the new offensive coordinator and grizzled veteran Vic Fangio the defensive coordinator. Quarterbacks coach Doug Nussmeier is another big change on a staff with nine new faces.
Losing six of your last seven games in brutal fashion as the Eagles did last season will do that. What Eagles fans need to know is they cannot expect instant success with so many major moving parts. Quarterback Jalen Hurts was unfairly accused of having a poor minicamp by goofballs charting his completions who had no idea what the play concepts were much less what the specific drills were designed to accomplish.
Nonetheless there was a subtle yet telling revelation made by Hurts that had nothing to do with his widely publicized inability to describe what Sirianni’s new role was now that Moore has taken over the offense. “Right now, it’s been a lot of new inventory in,” Hurts said. “The majority of it, probably 95% of it being new.
” If Hurts had a better sense of humor, he would have said something like “Everything is different in this offense but the Brotherly Shove” package. That would have been hilarious, as well as understandable. For Hurts it’s a new day with Moore’s offense emphasizing underneath throws, slants, wide receiver screens and play action passes.
Trust me, Hurts isn’t a fan of screens. Those other throws are not strengths, either. Hurts h.