Postgame Quotes: Los Angeles Rams vs. New Orleans Saints | 2025 NFL Week 9

Quotes from head coach Kellen Moore and quarterback Tyler Shough

Nov 02, 2025 at 08:15 PM

Saints HC Kellen Moore

Opening Remarks
"Tough game. Tough game. We didn't give ourselves a chance on this one. It's frustrating. Coming into the game, just the emphasis on the ball. Obviously they won that two to zero. They controlled so many of the situational football plays. They were able to play a lot more efficiently, run the football better, but certainly third downs, red zone, fourth downs. They were able to control the game in so many ways. We didn't get enough shots at it. We didn't get enough opportunities. We have to play a lot better. A lot of this comes down to the details and the fundamentals of the football game. Sometimes it's a simple game and we have to play better and give ourselves more opportunities. When you look at it, we had 40 snaps on offense, probably an all-time low and they had 77 so they obviously controlled the ball for much of this game."

On the third quarter's impact on the result of the game
"They controlled the whole third quarter. Essentially had it and we had one quick possession, turnover and then they got it back. They controlled…we got a little bit momentum going into halftime with that touchdown. It felt like we were right back in it. We have a chance. And then for them to control the entire quarter of it, go ultimately score and put themselves in an extended lead now and we weren't able to capitalize."

On continuing to struggle with fast starts this season
"If we have a solution, we haven't found it yet. We have to play better and I have to give ourselves the best opportunity possible to be successful. We have to just play clean football. We just have to play clean football, execute plays and put ourselves in position."

On assessing QB Tyler Shough's performance with only 40 offensive snaps
"I thought there were some positives that came out of the game from Tyler's perspective. I thought he threw it well and delivered. I thought that two-minute drive was big time football before the half. Even at the end, I thought he made a couple really good plays to quickly get us down in the red zone and we weren't able to run the football and get a first down there."

On how the Rams' long possession in the third quarter affected their momentum in the second half
"In real time it had been 40 minutes by the time we got back so we have to do a better job there. And then when we do have our opportunity, we can't fumble the football. We fumbled it and turned it right back over to them."

On updates regarding the two injured players
"We'll keep an eye on that. Obviously (TE) Jack (Stoll) and 'Tali' (T Taliese Fuaga), they had an ankle and so we'll just see how that goes."

On if the decision for RB Alvin Kamara to play less after his fumble was intentional
"We were just trying to get things going. Alvin's a big part of this thing so it was unfortunate we had the turnover there. They won the battle 2-0 today."

On the decision to receive the opening kick rather than deferring
"We have to find a way to start fast and we're not there. We have to find a way to start fast, feel some early success in the game. They have a really high success rate when they lead at halftime so you have to do everything you can to put yourself in a position to be successful early in the game."

On what he saw before deciding to challenge whether Rams' QB Mathew Stafford was down or not on the incomplete pass ruling
"Just trying to give ourselves an opportunity there. I obviously didn't see it until after I had thrown the flag because we're the road team. We felt like there was some compelling… It was quick and we made a decision to see if we could steal a possession there, which would've been a huge opportunity early in the third."

On if he consults with anyone ahead of making a challenge
"Yeah, it's upstairs. They're obviously looking at it and we understand there's risk associated with those things too."

On the explanation given from the officials in response to the challenge of Rams' RB Blake Corum's potential fumble
"Correct. Yeah, they said he was down."

On what QB Tyler Shough can build on from today's game
"Yeah, I thought operationally I felt like he was very, very calm. He executed at a pretty high level. I thought he handled some adverse situations really well, which is obviously a positive going into these situations. He didn't let those other factors impact his play. I thought, even his turnover, it was a fourth down. He was trying to give us a shot. Outside that I felt like he was executing the plays and I thought there was a great sequence there when he made a few plays really quickly in the fourth quarter, completion, completion, completion. We got right down the field and we just weren't able to run the football there."

On why it was so difficult to get Rams' QB Matthew Stafford out of rhythm during the game
"Yeah, they had a really good, balanced offense. I thought they were able to run the football and pass the football and play in those mixed downs. And so when you look at it, they had a lot of control of the game because of that. They were able to run the football, create the play-action opportunities, play in positive third down situations and we weren't able to get the rush in the obvious passing ones."

On if it was by design for QB Taysom Hill to run three straight plays at QB in the first half
"We had a package available, anticipated staying with Taysom for a few plays and we had that available. I felt like Taysom gave us a little bit of something there in the run game which was a positive and gave us some positive things out of that."

On the defensive challenges on the play-action rollouts to the tight ends the Rams utilized during the game
"Yep. Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, details and fundamentals. They do a great job of running the football and then marrying the action game off it and we have got to stick with our assignments and our eyes within that. You obviously have a run fit, but you have got coverage responsibilities as well and so it is a stressor. It's challenging. There's nothing easy about it, but they had a lot of success because of it."

On the mood in the locker room after the loss
"Yeah, it's always tough. These guys put everything they can into each and every week in an NFL football game and there's a lot that goes into it, a lot emotionally, physically that they pour into this. And it's challenging, we're going through a challenging storm and we faced some adversity and we have got to keep pushing. We have got to keep pushing together. I think that's the thing. I love that these guys keep battling, this is going to be one of those, you get through this storm, you're going to tell one heck of a story, but we have got to get there. And so we're not there yet. We have got to keep getting better. Got to keep finding ways to narrow the margins and give ourselves the best opportunity to be successful."

On if it was a difficult game to evaluate QB Tyler Shough because of the low number of offensive snaps
"I mean, it's going to be a great opportunity. It's his first start in the NFL. Certainly there were some positives in there. I thought he handled himself well, but we didn't get enough opportunities to compete."

On how QB Tyler Shough handled the Rams pass rush
"I thought some of his off-schedule stuff was a positive. He handled himself well, stepped up in the pocket. I think that's always the biggest challenge for young quarterbacks is to step up, not step out and go behind the rush because that's where these guys are going to chase you down quickly. I thought he had some really good step ups and kept his eyes downfield so certainly that's a really tough pass rush, but I thought he did some good things."

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