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One of the lasting images from Dwayne Haskins' home debut was the rookie passer speaking to his offensive lineman on the sideline.
"But he simply asked us, 'What can I do to help you guys?'" Moses told the Junkies.
The implication, Eric Bickel said, is that you guys were making mistakes.
"No, it is not that," Moses responded. "It is simple math. Here's a word problem for you, if you got seven defenders and only five protectors, how many are not accounted for?"
"Cause obviously he's looking downfield and he's looking for open receivers and things like that. And so, when you get sacked you're wondering like, 'Where's it coming from?' And you know, simply, when it's a five-man protection and (they're) bringing seven, somebody's gonna be free," Moses told The Junkies.
So how does Haskins solve this problem? Well, it comes with experience.
"If you haven't been out there and haven't been in the offense long, it's hard to see those things," Moses said. "And give credit to the kid, man. He's a helluva football player, man. He's in here willing to learn, he wants to learn, he wants to be great. You know, he's playing through a lot of things that normal quarterbacks, rookie quarterbacks don't play through. His head coach got fired after a couple of weeks, things like that, so for him, he's trying to find his way and we've just gotta do a better job of helping him find his way, as well."
Moses told the Fan the team did change some things up and it is a process of figuring out "what we can do to best suit No. 7 back there and make him comfortable."
"Every pocket (is) not going to be clean," Moses said. "Sometimes he's just gonna have to sit in there and just take a hit and drive the ball down the field."