During a team meeting in June, Kellen Moore pulled film to show how fast he wanted his New Orleans Saints to play. But the first-year coach didn’t show clips from the Philadelphia Eagles offense he called last year. He also elected not to use footage of historically great NFL teams, such as the 2007 New England Patriots or the “Greatest Show on Turf” Rams, either.

Instead, Moore went to an entirely different sport. He used the Indiana Pacers — then in the NBA Finals — as an example to illustrate the effort and pace his team needed to replicate.

“I thought it was pretty cool,” wide receiver Rashid Shaheed said. “... We got to keep guys on their toes, and that’s how the Pacers play. That’s how they have success, running all four quarters. No matter how the score looks, you got to conti

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