In college — three years at Alabama and one at Oklahoma — Hurts never had consecutive seasons with the same play-caller. That cycle has mostly followed him to the pros.
During Hurts’ rookie season, Doug Pederson called plays, with Press Taylor as the passing game coordinator/QB coach. In 2021-2022, Shane Steichen was the offensive coordinator, taking over play-calling from head coach Nick Sirianni midway through the first campaign. Last season, Brian Johnson took over the gig.
Now Hurts is adjusting to Moore’s voice and system.
“I’m just all ears. I’m a sponge. I think there’s some beauty in that,” he said. “I’m just in sponge mode. I’m letting them do what it is they’re going to do, and then we kind of adjust from there. I think the thing that we all have to understand is the importance of a foundation in something.
“So I want the coaches to declare their foundation in terms of what they want something to be, how they want it to look, and then obviously you’re going to adjust from there.”