PFF: 2022 NFL Head Coach Rankings

[plasticman]

Generally, when I look at McCarthy's Packer teams, I see that the stats for points and yards for the defense over that period of time was rather average.

However, digging just a little deeper, there were 3 seasons in which they were ranked #1 or #2 in turnover margin. In another season they were ranked #4. Of course, that's a combination of the offense not turning the ball over and the defense getting takeaways. Still, overall, that would indicate something the Head Coach really concentrated on.

I recall McCarthy saying something about creating turnovers when he was hired, a year before Quinn came aboard. Leading the league in turnovers in 2021 should change the perspective on the defense's performance. The benefits can be easily recognized by noting that the Cowboys were ranked 19th in yardage given up last season but ranked 7th in points given up.

As to the belief that McCarthy's ranking should be lower because of the Cowboys performance in the playoffs, let's remember that 14 teams make the playoffs and 8 of them are division champions.

In addition, lets give McCarthy a few bumps up for the obvious handicap.....a part time GM that spends too much time trying to make the decisions normally reserved for the Head Coach.

 

[Captain43Crash]

i thought mcCarthy would be much better but he is pretty average better than garrett but not by much

What?

Garrett was a complete mediocre joke. He lasted so long because Jerry loved his son-in-law.

McCarthy won a Super Bowl. What did Clappy win? Don’t tell me McCarthy had Rogers either. Rogers has been very mediocre over his career in the playoffs. The Whiners D manhandled Rogers and GB, even more than they manhandled Dak and our O.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

When I first saw this, I was like no way is Big Mike a top 10 coach in the NFL.... but then I read the list. Yea in this crop of NFL coaches, 10-12 would be about right.. and that says more about the coaches than it does Mike.

 

[VaqueroTD]

Bill Belichick and Andy Reid, and everyone else, as far as I’m concerned.

 

[RonWashington]

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-head-coach-rankings-2022-bill-belichick-andy-reid-john-harbaugh



I think this is very generous. They rank him over Sean McVay and Mike Tomlin.

What are they smoking ? McVay isn’t 40 been to 2 SB’s and Tomlin has needed a healthy QB for yrs yet makes the playoffs every season. Now I would put MM over any coach in the NFC East if that’s any consolation to Jerry .

 

[JJHLH1]

Why is Belichick rated #1?

He has a losing record and only 1 playoff win in the 9 seasons he has coached without Brady carrying him.

 

[J817]

Why is Belichick rated #1?

He has a losing record and only 1 playoff win in the 9 seasons he has coached without Brady carrying him.

He is still the only NFL coach to have won six SBs. There is no other NFL coach who has existed that can say that. All the the great coaches had great QBs.

 

[JJHLH1]

He is still the only NFL coach to have won six SBs. There is no other NFL coach who has existed that can say that. All the the great coaches had great QBs.

Belichick won 6 Super Bowls because of Brady. I give Belichick great credit for drafting Brady and letting him play. Those were Hall of Fame decisions.

But did those other coaches have more than one playoff win in 9 seasons without their great QB? Landry certainly did.

 

[cityochamps]

Belichick won 6 Super Bowls because of Brady. I give Belichick great credit for drafting Brady and letting him play. Those were Hall of Fame decisions.

But did those other coaches have more than one playoff win in 9 seasons without their great QB? Landry certainly did.

You gotta give the coach some credit, How do you win a super bowl with out one or two great players? Name a coach who did.

 

[JJHLH1]

You gotta give the coach some credit, How do you win a super bowl with out one or two great players? Name a coach who did.

A great QB is what matters most. Coaching matters, but not nearly as much.

Bruce Aryans isn’t a Hall of Fame coach but Brady shows up and he gets a ring.

Belichick struggled as a head coach before Brady and after Brady. With Brady he gets 6 rings.

Some coaches are difference makers. Sean McVay is a great coach in my opinion because he got to the Super Bowl with Jimmy G and won it with Stafford. That’s good coaching. Of course having Aaron Donald helps.

 

[Brax]

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-head-coach-rankings-2022-bill-belichick-andy-reid-john-harbaugh



I think this is very generous. They rank him over Sean McVay and Mike Tomlin.

PFF is a joke this just verifies it. Someone said he has the lowest IQ of any coach he knew and he isn’t far from being right but Jerry likes those types based on recent history.

 

[J817]

Belichick won 6 Super Bowls because of Brady. I give Belichick great credit for drafting Brady and letting him play. Those were Hall of Fame decisions.

But did those other coaches have more than one playoff win in 9 seasons without their great QB? Landry certainly did.

I guess it depends on your definition of great a QB. You bring up Landry. So I am assuming you’re insinuating that Roger was great but Don and Danny were not and Landry still managed to win playoff games with Don and Danny. I disagree. You can argue those two were franchise QBs with great players around them. Many SB winning teams had this formula

But to answer your question on the top of my head Bill Parcells.

Now you can argue Phil Simms wasn’t great (I would place Phil in the Don and Danny category) but Bill did manage to win 2 SBs with him. When Bill left Phil, he took numerous teams to the playoffs with mediocre QBs but never won a playoff game since (10 or 11 seasons) Phil.

 

[DuncanIso]

He deserved the criticism after the Nolan hire. The defensive shot comings that year was just as much on McCarthy as it was on Mike Nolan.

If Quinn continues his success on the defensive end, McCarthy deserves credit for the hire imo. I think the article in the OP is indicating his defenses have not been constantly good throughout his career.

jerry hired DQ.

 

[Cowpolk]

What?

Garrett was a complete mediocre joke. He lasted so long because Jerry loved his son-in-law.

McCarthy won a Super Bowl. What did Clappy win? Don’t tell me McCarthy had Rogers either. Rogers has been very mediocre over his career in the playoffs. The Whiners D manhandled Rogers and GB, even more than they manhandled Dak and our O.

Garrett could slap butts with the best of the best

 

[J817]

jerry hired DQ.

I just can’t believe that. Jones is an idiot if he is hiring coaching staff for a guy he invested millions to run his team. Jerry did have influence on Moore, I’ll give him that, but McCarthy had to have had major influence on the Quinn hire.

 

[JJHLH1]

I guess it depends on your definition of great a QB. You bring up Landry. So I am assuming you’re insinuating that Roger was great but Don and Danny were not and Landry still managed to win playoff games with Don and Danny. I disagree. You can argue those two were franchise QBs with great players around them. Many SB winning teams had this formula

But to answer your question on the top of my head Bill Parcells.

Now you can argue Phil Simms wasn’t great (I would place Phil in the Don and Danny category) but Bill did manage to win 2 SBs with him. When Bill left Phil, he took numerous teams to the playoffs with mediocre QBs but never won a playoff game since (10 or 11 seasons) Phil.

Parcells was a great coach and a definite difference-maker. I agree that Simms belongs in the Don and Danny category. Very good but not great. Parcells also had LT, just like McVay has Donald. Not as important as a great QB, but impactful enough to win a title when combined with a great coach and good QB.

 

[DoctorChicken]

Kingsbury and Carrol need to be lower. Shannahan needs to be higher; the 49ers have been very consistently good with average to bad QB play. McVay should be Top-3, behind Belichick and Reid.

Mike at 10 is fine, but where they’ve ranked some of these dudes is whack. Kingsbury, who hasn’t won anything of note is rated above McVay, who has been a stellar coach since he entered the league and just won the Super Bowl?!?

 

[Fire407]

Belichick won 6 Super Bowls because of Brady. I give Belichick great credit for drafting Brady and letting him play. Those were Hall of Fame decisions.

But did those other coaches have more than one playoff win in 9 seasons without their great QB? Landry certainly did.

I also think that Belichick is over rated. He definitely would not have 6 Lombardi Trophies without Brady. I think the last two seasons prove how much Brady carried those teams. I'm astonished when I hear people still say that he's the greatest coach of all time. He should have retired when Brady left to preserve his legacy.

 

[DuncanIso]

I just can’t believe that. Jones is an idiot if he is hiring coaching staff for a guy he invested millions to run his team. Jerry did have influence on Moore, I’ll give him that, but McCarthy had to have had major influence on the Quinn hire.

Jerry is the GM.

head coaches don’t hire.

they recommend.

after Nolan, Jerry didn’t take anymore chances.

 

[JJHLH1]

I also think that Belichick is over rated. He definitely would not have 6 Lombardi Trophies without Brady. I think the last two seasons prove how much Brady carried those teams. I'm astonished when I hear people still say that he's the greatest coach of all time. He should have retired when Brady left to preserve his legacy.

I agree 100%.