Aaron Moorehead should end Philadelphia Eagles issues at WR coach
The hiring of Aaron Moorhead should mean that the Philadelphia Eagles are done with the revolving door at wide receivers coach.
Sources have indicated (and Jimmy Kempski of Philly Voice has confirmed) that the Philadelphia Eagles are hiring Aaron Moorehead to be their wide receivers coach. This is one that seemingly came out of nowhere. There aren’t many people that can state honestly that they knew that this was someone that they knew was on the Eagles’ radar.
Still, this is a good hire and one that should finally drive a wedge into the revolving door the Eagles have had at the position of wide receivers coach.
Here are three reactions to the move.
1. This one follows a familiar formula.
Most of Doug Pederson‘s hires over the years have followed a familiar formula. They’ve been former players who are typically popular among current stars. That’s a role that Moorehead won’t have any problem fulfilling.
He knows what it takes to succeed in an ultra-competitive NFL, having been a former player himself. He’s a former undrafted rookie who wound up playing from 2003 until 2007.
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2. What does that have to do with coaching?
Following his playing days, Moorehead stepped into coaching and began a journey that eventually led him to the ‘City of Brotherly Love’. In 2009, he landed with the New Mexico Lobos in 2009 as a graduate assistant.
From 2010 until 2012, he served as a graduate assistant with the Stanford Cardinal before becoming the Virginia Tech Hokies‘ wide receivers coach in 2013. He spent two seasons there before taking over as the wide receivers coach of the Texas A&M Aggies in 2015. Three seasons there led him to the Vanderbilt Commodores, where he’s been ever since.
He’s been a mentor to current NFL stars like Josh Reynolds and Christian Kirk.
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3. Nobody panic. Don’t let the resume frighten you.
Hiring a former college coach won’t excite most ‘Birds’ fans, but don’t make the mistake of lumping Moorehead into the category of guys like Gunter Brewer.
He’s light years ahead of the guys that Philly’s hired over the course of the past few years, and this is a move that may bring the best out of guys that are already here, the guys we’re hoping can still explode, and the prospects who are yet to come. This one’s a major win for Philly.