Kellen Moore

Q. Saturday, in terms of the blitzes that Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio sent at you, how do you think QB Jalen Hurts and the offense handled those, especially the zero blitz stuff? (Jeff McLane)

KELLEN MOORE: Yeah, yeah, that’s the beauty of training camp is you get different types of installs throughout the whole month, and we got some great work the last few days just from pressure standpoint. [Defensive Coordinator] Vic [Fangio] obviously in his installation process is going through that, and so it’s great stuff. It’s great stuff because it requires all 11 to be on the same page, all 11 communicating, taking care of business. It’s excellent for Jalen, for our whole group.

Q. How does that connection work with you and Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio? Are there ever times– Vic said there was no consideration for the offense when he was installing that stuff. Do you guys ever consider each other, like I’ve got to work on this, or Vic’s got to work on that? (John McMullen)

KELLEN MOORE: Every once in a while, we’ll have a couple situations in practice where we do want to get something specific for the other side of the football. But they got enough volume on defense. I think we have enough volume on offense that over the course of training camp, you’re going to be exposed to a lot of different types of football, and so that’s the beauty of it. I don’t think we missed a whole lot and if there’s a couple things that maybe Vic wants to theme up, we can give him something in particular for a particular period.

Q. Aside from that, how much of a resource has Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio been for you? (Dave Zangaro)

KELLEN MOORE: Yeah, Vic’s been awesome. It’s always fun to have conversations with the other side of the football and see it from their perspective, their lens, see how they perceive you because sometimes you have your own perception, and it can be looked at in different viewpoints.

So, it’s always good to talk to those guys, Vic, the rest of the defensive staff. Just a really good group of guys that you get to collaborate with.

Q. What’s come up in the offense building that maybe you didn’t expect was going to happen in the OTAs? (Brooks Kubena)

KELLEN MOORE: That’s a great question. I think the pressure stuff is always a fun discussion because there’s a lot of different ways to approach it. We are continuing to go talk through that and there’s a lot of different tools you’ve got to utilize.

I think the important thing is that you have to have enough tools in the toolbox to be able to handle things throughout the season. I think those are all fun conversations. Fun conversations from the standpoint of what’s been in place that we can lean on, what’s some stuff that we can add. We’re continuing to just try and evolve and have those open conversations.

Q. Ultimately the roster decisions get made above your level, but how involved are you– it’s your offense, ‘Hey, I don’t like the depth here. We need to do something else here.’ How involved are you in those decision makings? (Jeff Neiburg)

KELLEN MOORE: [Executive Vice President/General Manager] Howie [Roseman] and [Head Coach] Nick [Sirianni] are awesome. They collaborate with a lot of people in this organization. I think it’s an excellent process. Obviously, a lot of coaches were all part of this process to some degree, and we have got excellent leadership here. It’s a really, really cool process.

Q. Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach Jeff Stoutland has a run game coordinator title — has done a lot here in that regard. Have you ever had someone in that kind of role before as an offensive coordinator? (Jeff McLane)

KELLEN MOORE: Yeah, definitely. We’ve definitely had different structures in different places but a lot of times, the offensive line coach, where I’ve been, has been the lead force from a run game perspective and it’s a collective effort. Everyone is a part of the process. I think it’s fun as you start getting to the game plan aspect of it that it’s a collaboration, tying the run game and the pass game together, so that you present things in complementary ways.

Q. Does Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach Jeff Stoutland bring something new that you had not had experience with before? (Jeff McLane)

KELLEN MOORE: Oh, there’s a ton. Just the angles for the offensive line. I’m learning so much just from his viewpoint and as far as the angles that you’re creating for the offensive line in particular, looks, packaging plays in different ways that allow you to get to the best possible play you can. So, it’s a really excellent process. It’s been so much fun.

Q. You mentioned that toolbox, learning what you can do with that. How do you trial out new things in training camp whenever you don’t really have preseason play with some of those guys? (Brooks Kubena)

KELLEN MOORE: Yeah, just how you expect it. You know, there’s an element of trying different things and exposing yourself. Some things you’re going to like in training camp and some things you’re not going to like and some things we’re going to have to adjust. That’s part of the process that you have to be willing to expose yourself to some things and some things may not work, a lot of things will, and you continue to collaborate with the staff, with the players, and we just team up on those things.

Q. What’s your concern level like at right guard with T Mekhi Becton—obviously, I don’t know his situation– but Mekhi and G/T Tyler Steen. How do you evaluate the other guys who might be playing? (Martin Frank)

KELLEN MOORE: In general, feel good. We’re going through an excellent process of giving both those guys as many reps as we can. Just in general from an offensive line perspective, I think we have got some younger guys who have gotten a ton of reps in training camp. Certainly in the preseason games it’s going to bode well for those guys. I think we are in a good position.

Q. The pre-snap diagnosis stuff, do you have separate meeting time with QB Jalen Hurts and C/G Cam Jurgens? (Bo Wulf)

KELLEN MOORE: Most of it is collaborative with the whole group. As the season goes, adjustments are made as far as when those conversations happen but right now we are really collectively meeting as much as we can.

Q. Kind of late here in camp and obviously the two preseason games, what have you learned about the receiver position after WR A.J. Brown and WR DeVonta Smith? (Ed Kracz)

KELLEN MOORE: I think it’s been an awesome battle for this receiver room. Obviously A.J. and DeVonta have done an excellent job. I think we have got a really fun group of different skillsets, and they have all been able to highlight those skillsets and it’s a really fun process for the guys.

Again, like we said, we like that group. It’s a really fun group. They bring different pieces to this offense, and I think what we are excited about is being able to utilize these guys in all their different ways.

Q. Do you know what those pre-snap motions and mix placements are going to show from defenses going forward in the season? Do you think you’re getting enough from the defense to see that with the unit you have? How do you sort those things out? (Brooks Kubena)

KELLEN MOORE: Motion, some of it is just distraction pieces, eye candy so to speak. Some of it you’re trying to grab indicators to give yourself a specific idea of what the defense may be looking for. So there’s a lot of different purposes for it and you have to pick-and-choose when is it valuable in a game plan and when are you doing stuff to do stuff. There’s a balancing act between motioning and shifting and tempo and all these different things of when to use it to your advantage and when to just play ball.

Q. When it comes to a developmental quarterback like QB Tanner McKee at this stage of his career, he played the position — what do you make that decision, that maybe “I want to see him a little bit more with the 2s” — how do you handle it? (John McMullen)

KELLEN MOORE: I think every quarterback — first of all, we’ve got an excellent quarterback room here. It’s been so much fun with these guys. Even for [QB] Kenny [Pickett], this is Kenny’s third year. Everyone is on that development path and [QB] Jalen [Hurts] is learning and growing and every single guy is learning and growing in this process. We are trying to play guys in a lot of different situations, try to get them situations whether it be a two-minute, red zone period, maybe Kenny has some, let’s make sure [QB] Tanner [McKee] gets exposed to some of these situations as well. It’s been a really fun process and I think these guys have handled this thing really well and they are doing an excellent job and we feel really fortunate to have these guys.

Q. What can you tell us about G Trevor Keegan that maybe we don’t pick up watching practice or even preseason games? (Jeff McLane)

KELLEN MOORE: I think just steady and you kind of lose track of him in a good way. He’s just — he played a million snaps in practice and in the preseason. He’s played at a high volume and to play that consistent with that much volume with all the things that you’re learning and growing as a rookie, he’s done an excellent job.

Q. CB Darius Slay said recently that he feels like you’re helping make QB Jalen Hurts a smarter player, having him make more checks, more reads, how much have you seen him grow in that area since you started working with him? (Olivia Reiner)

KELLEN MOORE: [QB] Jalen [Hurts] has just had an excellent camp. He’s got great command of this offense, great utilization of tools when he wants to and communication with the offensive line, with the receivers. I just think it’s been an awesome process, excellent.

Q. What are QB Tanner McKee’s best attributes? (Tim McManus)

KELLEN MOORE: [QB] Tanner [McKee] does an excellent job processing the game. Making quick, decisive decisions. Obviously, he can make some excellent throws. He’s done a nice job.

Q. What are the main indicators you look for to know a quarterback has command of your offense? (Dave Zangaro)

KELLEN MOORE: I think just the speed of the operation. In and out of the huddle, at the line of scrimmage, is the pace of play going at the rate that you want it to and then obviously the decision making and how quickly he can process the game, eliminate some of his progressions, get the ball to the ideal look. Run game, they show up a lot of times because sometimes the QB has to have some tools in the run game to get us in and out of particular plays based off the looks. So when you tie all that together, it’s an operation. Everyone sees the throwing ability and that’s certainly first and foremost — you have to be able to throw the football — but the ability to command the offense and operate it in the run game, pass game, and protection game takes growing and developing and these guys have done a really good job with it.

Q. In terms of Passing Game Coordinator/Associate Head Coach Kevin Patullo, in terms of the passing game, how have you guys worked together – you guys have different philosophies, how do you guys get together to make this passing game work? (Chris Franklin)

KELLEN MOORE: That’s been this whole off-season, it’s been an excellent process, like I’ve said. This is a really fun process. You get to grow and you get to develop personally as well as collectively as a whole group and so just like the run game, you know, we want to build on a lot of strengths that are in place. We bring things that maybe everyone has been exposed to in different places, not just myself, every coach on our offensive staff and it’s a really good process.