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Eagles OC Kellen Moore Talks Saints Opening At Super Bowl LIX · AFR Saints

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  Speaker 1: Schefter reported that, barring any setback, Kellen Moore is going
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  Speaker 1: to be this the new coach of the New Orleans Saints.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's something many of us said, assumed we
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  Speaker 1: like the world, had assumed was going to happen. However,
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  Speaker 1: the reports late last week that the Saints had not
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  Speaker 1: made a decision, that they had not advised any candidates
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  Speaker 1: they were out of the running, that they wanted to
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  Speaker 1: meet and interview Kellen Moore again after the Super Bowl
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  Speaker 1: had led me and others to say, like, they're not
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  Speaker 1: one hundred percent sold yet, so.
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  Speaker 2: Excuse me. They were there would be.
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  Speaker 1: A report that exactly what Chefter reported on Monday, but
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  Speaker 1: instead that report came on Monday, and it came and
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  Speaker 1: then late Monday was the opening NYE at the Superdome,
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  Speaker 1: and so Kellen Moore and every coach and every player
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  Speaker 1: was available to the media. And he didn't say much
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  Speaker 1: as far as being worthy and he really really can't
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  Speaker 1: say much as well. But he was asked about how
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  Speaker 1: the meetings went with UH with the New Orleans Saints.
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  Speaker 3: Here's what he said, been a great, great experience meeting
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  Speaker 3: with Vicky and the rest of that leadership group. And
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  Speaker 3: so obviously had two opportunities to meet with him. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: now the focus is on this game and then we'll
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  Speaker 3: let that situation play itself out after.
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  Speaker 1: They he did was asked to follow up here. It
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  Speaker 1: was on just that interview process with New Orleans.
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  Speaker 3: Again, it was just a great opportunity to meet meet
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  Speaker 3: the leadership group for Nicky and and all the rest
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  Speaker 3: of the leadership group of New Orleans. You know, it's
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  Speaker 3: a great group. It's a it's a group that really
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  Speaker 3: cares about the team, cares about football. Had a great
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  Speaker 3: conversation with those guys and see where it takes us.
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  Speaker 1: Be Admittedly, and obviously Kellen Moore can't say like you said,
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  Speaker 1: great conversations. We'll see where it takes us. He can't
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  Speaker 1: say anything more, and I don't anticipate him too. So
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  Speaker 1: there's just it's just what it is.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: The So the line of questioning started to become more theoretical,
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  Speaker 1: which maybe you can glean some things like, for example,
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  Speaker 1: Kellen Moore is a plate. Was a play caller in Dallas.
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  Speaker 1: He was the play caller in Los Angeles with the Chargers.
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  Speaker 1: He's play caller right now with the Eagles. Would he
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  Speaker 1: call plays as a head coach or would he hire
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  Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator? He is what he said.
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  Speaker 3: Certainly I would view it that way. Yeah, I'd love
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  Speaker 3: to call play Certainly, it's a it's a passion. I
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  Speaker 3: it's something that has gotten me to this place. And
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  Speaker 3: so certainly, uh yeah, you'd hate to stop doing what
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  Speaker 3: you what you love and as you go through this.
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  Speaker 1: Journey five, I am perfectly fine with that. I think
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  Speaker 1: around the league of head coaches that called Sean Plate
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  Speaker 1: called plays in New Orleans, Sean McVay calls plays in LA.
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  Speaker 1: You think of Kevin O'Connell, Kyle Shanahan, it is Andy Reid.
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  Speaker 1: It is quite common for offensive mind to head coaches
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  Speaker 1: to call plays, and if I'm being frank, I want
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  Speaker 1: him to call plays if in fact he does become
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  Speaker 1: the head coach, because that is the appeal of hiring
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  Speaker 1: a coach that is a specialty in one side of
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  Speaker 1: the ball, that they can handle that side of the ball,
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  Speaker 1: because there's always this concern that The example that we're
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  Speaker 1: going to look to is Detroit. Detroit undeniably knocked it
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  Speaker 1: out of the park with Dan Campbell as far as
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  Speaker 1: hiring a coach that could build culture. He's built a
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  Speaker 1: winning culture in a place that had none for the
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  Speaker 1: last half a century. Okay, more than that, even Detroit
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  Speaker 1: was a was Loserville, USA forever. Dan Campbell comes in
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  Speaker 1: and they have changed that culture in the vibe around
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  Speaker 1: that franchise, the city, the team, the field of everything.
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  Speaker 1: But he also nailed his coordinator hires with Aaron Glenn
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  Speaker 1: and Ben Johnson both are now head coaches. So we
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  Speaker 1: are about to find out how good Dan Campbell really
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  Speaker 1: is because we know that he promoted Kelvin Shephard to
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  Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. How much of a gap is there, how
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  Speaker 1: much of a fallback is there going from a guy
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  Speaker 1: like Aaron Glenn to Kelvin Sheppard, and then we're gonna
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  Speaker 1: find the same thing on the offensive side of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Can you continue to hit on those coordinators, because if
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  Speaker 1: your success relies on your coordinators, you've got to keep
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  Speaker 1: hitting when you lose those guys. When when you are
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  Speaker 1: the guru on one side of the ball, it stands
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  Speaker 1: to reason like if you're the guru on one side
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  Speaker 1: of the ball, not gonna say it doesn't matter who
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  Speaker 1: your coordinator is, but you always have that safety net
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  Speaker 1: because you're the one tutoring the quarterbacks, you're the one
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  Speaker 1: calling the plays, you're the one scheming in game. So
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  Speaker 1: all of that, all of that is, I'm gonna catch
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  Speaker 1: up with you.
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  Speaker 2: All of that is.
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  Speaker 1: All that is is super significant when hiring a head coach.
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  Speaker 1: In my opinion, it's not a necessity, as evidenced by
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  Speaker 1: Dan Campbell, but it's one of the reasons.
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  Speaker 2: One of the appeals in my opinion of.
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  Speaker 1: It's one of the appeals of having a guy that
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  Speaker 1: that can handle one side of the ball. So if
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  Speaker 1: it is Kellen Moore, I would want him to call plays.
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  Speaker 2: Long way of.
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  Speaker 1: Saying that, so yes, I would be excited about that.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Two more one here was Kellen Moore talking about traits
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  Speaker 1: that he feels a head coach bust have. Again, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of this became became theory when they were talking
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  Speaker 1: to More here it is, Yeah, obviously.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I think it's a leadership role. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you gotta you gotta leave the group. Uh, you gotta
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  Speaker 3: be an expert and syme capacity, you know to what
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  Speaker 3: you're you're teaching, and uh, hey you gotta bill communicate.
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  Speaker 2: I really high love them.
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  Speaker 1: I will tell you Also, it is published right now
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  Speaker 1: at Louisiana Sports Style Net. Our guy Ross Jackson had
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  Speaker 1: a chance to visit one on one with Kellen Moore
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  Speaker 1: at opening night. He had an opportunity to visit with
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  Speaker 1: him just in a one on one capacity, and a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the conversation did gear to that right there,
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  Speaker 1: which was his leadership style. Remember, More wasn't gonna be
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  Speaker 1: able to say much as a as far as the
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  Speaker 1: Saint's job. He did talk about the interview in New Orleans.
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  Speaker 1: He did ask he was asked about about Derek Carry
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  Speaker 1: mentioned them playing against each other in college. But but
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  Speaker 1: that entire interview, the one on one with with Ross
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  Speaker 1: Jackson and Kellen Moore is at the top of Louisiana
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  Speaker 1: Sports dot Net if you want to check it out
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  Speaker 1: right now. But one more and this is maybe this
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  Speaker 1: is going to be for Kellen Moore, whoever takes over
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  Speaker 1: this job in New Orleans, it is going to be
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  Speaker 1: the most important part of how this all transpires. And
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  Speaker 1: it's it's the Saint roster in the state that the
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  Speaker 1: roster's currently and here was here was Kellen Moore.
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, there's a lot of good pieces.
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  Speaker 3: We came down here. We had a really good battle,
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  Speaker 3: you know, week three, and it was a challenge. You're able.
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  Speaker 3: We were fortunately come out here with a landa, so
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  Speaker 3: you can every time you come down here see would
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  Speaker 3: be a challenge.
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  Speaker 2: Again.
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  Speaker 1: We're playing it for the sake of having Kellen Moore's
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  Speaker 1: on the record comments on air not saying much. If
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  Speaker 1: when he's hired, he'll say much more.
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  Speaker 2: But he's right. Week three was a challenge for the
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  Speaker 2: Philadelphia Eagles. And but for.
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  Speaker 1: The the brain fart at the end of the game
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  Speaker 1: and the incredible play by Saquon and and Goddard for
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  Speaker 1: that matter. I mean, the Saints probably start three to zero.
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  Speaker 1: It's a game that they lost. Eric McCoy remember the
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  Speaker 1: first offensive series and it really I mean it really
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  Speaker 1: just I mean it changed the game because of what
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  Speaker 1: Phillies interior of their defensive line was able to do.
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  Speaker 1: But all that to say, Kellen Moore becomes the head coach,
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  Speaker 1: whoever becomes the head coach, there are going to be
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  Speaker 1: major roster decisions that have to be made because, as
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  Speaker 1: we mentioned, the Saints right now are the fourth old
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  Speaker 1: this year, the fourth oldest roster in the NFL. All
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  Speaker 1: of your top contracts, Derek Carr, cam Jordan, Tomrio, Davis, Tyron, Matthew,
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  Speaker 1: older players, Ryan Ramsick, although that's now been restructured as
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  Speaker 1: we know.
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  Speaker 2: Older players near the end.
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  Speaker 1: So coaching and calling plays in offense and all is
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  Speaker 1: one the Webbs a quarterback, but also your roster construction
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  Speaker 1: is going to be massive for Kellum Moore or whoever
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  Speaker 1: takes this job. So just a little bit from the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles offensive coordinators, he's getting ready to call plays in
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  Speaker 1: the biggest game of his life before potentially taking over
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  Speaker 1: in New Orleans,