Kellen Moore: Working with Mike McCarthy was “really fun,” he was a great sounding board

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Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy made it clear this week that he and former offensive coordinator Kellen Moore didn’t see eye to eye on their approach to offensive football, but Moore expressed no hard feelngs about working with his former boss.

Moore parted ways with the Cowboys after their playoff loss to the 49ers and McCarthy said this week that Moore “wants to light the scoreboard up, but I want him to run the damn ball so I can rest my defense.” Moore put a more positive spin on coming together with a coach who had a different view of doing things.

“It was really fun just to go through the process of merging worlds. I think that was such a fun process,” Moore said, via Todd Archer of ESPN.com. “There’s just so many little things as you go through game plans and gamedays as you’re calling the game, just being able to have those conversations about different ways you can go, different paths you can take, he was really a great sounding board for me.”

Moore is now the offensive coordinator of the Chargers and there will be plenty of people watching to see whose offense fares better after the split.

16 responses to “Kellen Moore: Working with Mike McCarthy was “really fun,” he was a great sounding board

  1. Taking the high-road is better than McCarthy’s version. I’m looking forward to seeing how Moore does with the Chargers. He’s working with another HC that has questionable game management issues, but hopefully Moore learns some things between Dallas and LA that helps not make those same mistakes.

  2. Moore comes off looking like the bigger man in this, but what does McCarthy care? He knows that if he blows this that he’s never getting a chance at HC again so he’s going scorched earth.

  3. Very classy after he threw him under the bus yesterday. Good Luck Kellen in your new job!!

  4. Moore is one of these hotshot young OCs who don’t get the sport. They think it’s a videogame of looking at a playsheet and arbitrarily calling an array of different pass plays.

    Look at their drive charts and imbalance on offense. OCs are failing their teams if they aren’t paying attention to balance in an offense.

  5. Moore taking the high road, good for him. Mike is overrated and now he has no scapegoat. I give home 2, maybe 3 more yrs before Jerry kicks him to the curb.

  6. Kellen Moore was a head coach candidate prior to last season. Dallas fired the wrong guy. Guarantee if the chargers are healthy, they will win 11+ games next year. Dallas will run the ball 30x a game and finish with 8 wins.

  7. smitty1984 says:
    March 3, 2023 at 10:41 am
    Moore taking the high road, good for him. Mike is overrated and now he has no scapegoat. I give home 2, maybe 3 more yrs before Jerry kicks him to the curb.
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    I think that 2-3 more years for McCarthy may be too generous. If he doesn’t get it done in 2023, he will be gone. Just my opinion… Jerry’s window is almost closed.

  8. McCarthy is a loser.
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    Guaranteed to take you to the scene of the crash.

    Every.Single.Time.

  9. I bet Mike is passive aggressive, bet he didn’t make his point(s) clear enough to Kellen, or anyone else on his staff as to what he truly wants. Part of this was mentioned in his exit from GB, but a lot of that had to do with A-rod not getting his darkness retreats while Mike got his massages

  10. Dallas fans,… McCarthy gets the team into the playoffs,… even wins round 1 in the playoffs after this team hasn’t won in the playoffs in 5 years, … and they still complain. Insatiable. They live to complain. I hope McCarthy quits.

  11. Dallas fired the wrong guy
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    Not from big Mike’s perspective as Moore was the logical choice to take his job

  12. The last time I checked McCarthy has a Superbowl ring! How many does Moore have? What has Moore ever done so far?

  13. Dallas 521/583 run-pass ratio (52.3%). Or 3.6 more passes per game, based on 17 games. Not quite 1 more pass per quarter per game. Philly had almost exact ratio (51.6). How did that work out for them?

  14. gbpforme says:
    March 3, 2023 at 11:55 am

    The last time I checked McCarthy has a Superbowl ring! How many does Moore have? What has Moore ever done so far?
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    McCarthy had the best QB in the league that season, Aaron Rodgers, in his prime. It really wouldn’t have mattered who the coach was. Talent is what wins, coaching without elite talent is meaningless as far as winning championships go. McCarthy hasn’t done anything even close since that season many, many years ago.

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