Are the Saints finding an identity? What a self-scout of the offense revealed to Kellen Moore

As he reviewed his team’s offense over the bye week, New Orleans Saints coach Kellen Moore focused on moments he calls “situational football.”

He closely studied the red zone, an area the Saints have struggled in this season. He looked at the team’s run game, which finally got on track in the last game before the break but largely has lacked explosiveness in 2025.

Moore found the exercise productive.

“There’s always all these little margins that hopefully we can improve on,” he said.

The self-scout also may have crystallized how Moore wants his offense to attack over the back half of the season.

The first-year coach has fundamental beliefs about what his offense should look like. He wants his players to play fast with tempo. He wants his quarterbacks to take “3s and layups,” which m