The Dallas Cowboys are telling the world - and telling themselvs - that their head coaching search wasn't just about being "cheap,'' that it also went "deep.''
Want to be a skeptic of that? Look no farther than this week at the Super Bowl in New Orleans, with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Colorado coach Deion Sanders yucking it up about how they "laughed our butts off'' at what went on "behind the curtain.'' ...
Which, in the case of "Coach Prime'' being a candidate here, was a fraudulent marketing setup from start to finish.
One of the runners-up to the guy who won the job, promoted offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, is Kellen Moore.
And Kellen really did - unlike Deion - interview for this job.
For just a few more hours, Moore is the offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles and set to work in Sunday's Super Bowl LIX. And then, it seems, he is set up to leave Philly after the game to take over as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints.
All of Dallas will be watching Kellen to see how he does on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs ... and then Philadelphia will be worth watching as they have a very difficult decision awaiting them over the coming days.
Not only could the Eagles be on the threshold of a Super Bowl victory or loss, but the team is on a path to losing their offensive coordinator along the way to a head coaching job.
With reports stating Moore's interest in taking the head coaching job with the Saints, the Eagles will be in the market once again for a new offensive play-caller.
Moore's replacement could already be on the current staff, though.
Passing game coordinator Kevin Patullo has been with the team since Nick Sirianni was hired back in 2021. He understands what the offense does well, and what they do not so well.
It's why he may be the front-runner for the play-calling job after Moore eventually leaves.
"I've learned so much from him and I think vice versa," Patullo said. "When you look back at the offseason and just going through the process. What we did that was successful here and what he's done [elsewhere]. Just teaching it back and forth and finding new ideas and new trends in the league.
"It's been very special."
Patullo has worked with Sirianni for a long time now, even dating back to when the two were working together in Indianapolis. It's the relationship with Moore, though, that has blossomed over the last year that makes him feel he's ready for the job.
"Him and I have really come together in a short time, just to come together on an offense's philosophies and how the game gets called and how he's set up the game and how we want to do it. It's been very unique," Patullo said. "I have not been in this situation before and it's been pretty cool."
Arguably the top focus for Patullo (after Super Bowl LIX and if he gets the job) will be to devise a gameplan that quarterback Jalen Hurts and the offense can win with.
If that were to happen, Philadelphia could finally have some needed continuity on that side of the ball. So the Eagles will be looking beyond Kellen ...
And the Cowboys will be watching Kellen.
