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This taken from a well-respected member of another forum. These are shared tidbits that many in here never get to read. Figured I’d share, and hope that I haven’t offended said contributor.
How different will the Cowboys offense be this season with Kellen Moore as compared to last season?
"It's getting a full makeover. It's like when the moms get a makeover on that television show and they don't look like the same person. That's what it's going to look like to fans.
"I've said this. If you're asking has Dak Prescott been a good quarterback for the Cowboys ... he has. People might argue he's been great, but no one can really say he's been bad. No one can really say he's just been average. He's been a good player. But he's been a good player with a little bit of skill help. There hasn't been great skill people around him. (he was playing in) A really a subpar offensive system ... creativity wise ... manipulation wise. And also, the utilization of what Dak does really well and what he is.
"And so, now you got Kellen Moore ... and the reasons I like Kellen is ... one ... because he's an incredibly outside the box thinker. Kellen is not going to be the cookie-cutter thinker that some coaches are in the NFL. He's a guy that's going to be more Sean Payton, more Andy Reid, more Matt Nagy, more Sean McVay. Outside of the box thinking. Like why can't we do that? Not just, 'oh, we're going to do this because that's the way it's been done for 30 years now in the NFL.' So, I like the fact that he's going to be willing to try different things.
"Two, and I've said this, Kellen's not that far removed from college football. Like, he was part of the birth of some unique football in college when it comes to Boise State and what they did. That's where he trained and he has all that. He's only 7 or 8 years removed from it.
"And the third thing is his brother coaches in college football, so he's been directly tied to college football because of his family and because of what's been going on there. And so, I just see because of what he learned in college and what he learned in the NFL ... learning some of Sean Payton's offense, and just with the creative mind that he has, you're going to see this offense be totally different than what they've seen certainly under Scott Linehan and Dak over the last couple years."
How different will the Cowboys offense be this season with Kellen Moore as compared to last season?
"It's getting a full makeover. It's like when the moms get a makeover on that television show and they don't look like the same person. That's what it's going to look like to fans.
"I've said this. If you're asking has Dak Prescott been a good quarterback for the Cowboys ... he has. People might argue he's been great, but no one can really say he's been bad. No one can really say he's just been average. He's been a good player. But he's been a good player with a little bit of skill help. There hasn't been great skill people around him. (he was playing in) A really a subpar offensive system ... creativity wise ... manipulation wise. And also, the utilization of what Dak does really well and what he is.
"And so, now you got Kellen Moore ... and the reasons I like Kellen is ... one ... because he's an incredibly outside the box thinker. Kellen is not going to be the cookie-cutter thinker that some coaches are in the NFL. He's a guy that's going to be more Sean Payton, more Andy Reid, more Matt Nagy, more Sean McVay. Outside of the box thinking. Like why can't we do that? Not just, 'oh, we're going to do this because that's the way it's been done for 30 years now in the NFL.' So, I like the fact that he's going to be willing to try different things.
"Two, and I've said this, Kellen's not that far removed from college football. Like, he was part of the birth of some unique football in college when it comes to Boise State and what they did. That's where he trained and he has all that. He's only 7 or 8 years removed from it.
"And the third thing is his brother coaches in college football, so he's been directly tied to college football because of his family and because of what's been going on there. And so, I just see because of what he learned in college and what he learned in the NFL ... learning some of Sean Payton's offense, and just with the creative mind that he has, you're going to see this offense be totally different than what they've seen certainly under Scott Linehan and Dak over the last couple years."
