Sports Q: Who is the second-best coach in the NFL?
Who is second-place to the best coach in the NFL, Bill Belichick?
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Obviously there are a million different ways to examine how Bill Belichick is so much better than any coach in the NFL, or any other in history for that matter. One of them that I was thinking about recently is that there isn’t even a clear second-best coach in the league right now. There’s no one even close to him, and no one that is a clear second-best. It’s BB, and then an argument about a bunch of very flawed coaches like Andy Reid, who I actually think is the second-best. Asking you: who do you think the second-best head coach in the league is right now? – Chris F.
This one sounded familiar, so I looked it up, and we have covered it here at the Sports Q before. In November 2017, I reluctantly voted for the Steelers’ Mike Tomlin while kicking around the names of Pete Carroll, Andy Reid, John Harbaugh, and – way off on this one – Mike McCarthy.
Redoing that list now, I’d probably go with Reid, with Harbaugh second and Tomlin third. I’ll never vote for Pete Carroll. I remember him here.
I think Doug Pederson would probably get some consideration now, but it’s one of his former assistants who is really a fast riser. Frank Reich – the Eagles’ offensive coordinator during their Super Bowl LII win over the Patriots – is doing some remarkable work in Indianapolis. Jacoby Brissett is blossoming, they have a tough, creative running game, and the kind of excellent offensive line that former GM Ryan Grigson refused to build during his successful plot to abbreviate Andrew Luck’s career.
I think I’ll go with Reid for now. But if this season goes this way I suspect it will for Indy – meaning they come to Foxborough for the AFC Championship Game this year — I’ll change my pick to Reich.
But what does everyone else think? Who is the second-best coach in the NFL? I’ll hear you in the comments.
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