“We just were always cool with each other,” Moreau said. “He’d always bounce a lot of questions off of me back then. So, when he called, I already knew I wanted to play for him.”
Moreau’s mind has impressed Flores, too.
“If he wants to coach down the road, he can certainly do that,” Flores said. “He’s very smart, understands the game … I feel like with the attrition in this league, you knew at some point we were going to need him, and he was ready to go.”
A subtle pre-snap movement illustrated Moreau’s readiness. Before he was flagged for being too tight in coverage on Cardinals receiver Greg Dortch, Moreau and Murphy quickly switched man-to-man assignments before the third-down snap in an effort to throw off Murray. It’s a simple adjustment but one built into a secondary that Moreau hadn’t yet played with in a game.
“It’s something that they do,” Moreau said, “and for me, I gotta know when I’m in there that I gotta do the same.”
Sticking with the man-to-man game plan against Arizona said something to Moreau’s teammates as well.