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Cowboys Head Coach Mike McCarthy took a shot at former Cowboys Offensive Coordinator Kellen Moore during a 2023 Scouting Combine interview.
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The Cowboys parted ways with Moore earlier in the offseason after an embarrassing offensive performance in the team’s 12-19 loss to San Francisco in the Divisional Round of the 2022 Playoffs.
“Kellen wants to light up the scoreboard” McCarthy said. “but I want him to run the damn ball so I can rest my defense.”
He continued…
I think when you’re a coordinator, you know but you’re in charge of the offense. Being a head coach and being a play caller, you’re a little more in tune with (everything). I don’t desire to be the No. 1 offense in the league. I want to be the No. 1 team in the league with the number of wins and a championship. And if we’ve got to give up some production and take care of the ball a little better to get that, then that’s what we’ll do because we have a really good defense.
Mike McCathy on Kellen Moore
Moore was immediately hired by the Los Angeles Chargers for the same position following his departure from the Cowboys.
When asked to comment on what McCarthy said about him, Moore responded, saying…
It was really fun just to go through the process of merging worlds,” Moore said, via ESPN. “I think that was such a fun process. There’s just so many little things as you go through game plans and gamedays as you’re calling the games, 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.
Kellen Moore response to Mike McCarthy’s comments
McCarthy will take over play calling for the Cowboys this season. The Cowboys have additionally hired a new offensive coordinator, Brian Schottenheimer. Schottenheimer was the offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks.
The Cowboys are hoping that Schottenheimer can have a similar effect to that he had on Pro-Bowler Geno Smith, who had a resurgence under Schottenheimer in 2022.
