NFL Coaches Power Poll: Where Does Yours Rank?

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Teams get judged every week in rankings, so how about a coaches poll? Not the fraudulent one that is one-third of the BCS formula, but instead a list ranking the 32 NFL coaches. The notion behind the rankings was this: The order in which I would select the coaches if I needed a coach for one season.

**Note there are many names at the bottom of the list I wouldn't select and would instead coach the team myself, but you get the point.**

The “There’s a reason their teams are good almost every year” group

1. Tom Coughlin, New York Giants: A hard-nosed old-man who is not interested in making friends, but man the guy can coach.

2. Bill Belichick, New England Patriots: May have lost a little fire over the years, but still one of the best in the business. Still need to talk to him about that Joey Galloway signing though.

3. Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers: Smart, cool, calm, and has one heck of a barber. Seems like with a stable organization like the Steelers, he will always have his team in contention.

4. Andy Reid, Philadelphia Eagles:  Despite having about two-and-a-half run calls in the playbook, he always has his team in the playoffs and competing for a Super Bowl. Just needs to get over the hump.

5. Jeff Fisher, Tennessee Titans: Longest tenured coach in the NFL going through a bad year. He’s still a top-five coach in the NFL and top-one most likely coach to be using Just for Men Hair Gel.

The “We look great...so far” group

6. Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints:  Not sure his teams will ever play good defense, but it doesn’t seem to matter.

7. Ken Whisenhunt, Arizona Cardinals: Not sure the Cardinals were a playoff team in any other division last year yet they made it to the Super Bowl and almost won.  Kudos to him for picking Warner over Leinart though.

8. Mike Smith, Atlanta Falcons: Has as much personality as his name does originality but it’s hard to find too many flaws with his coaching thus far.

9. John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens: Solid, steady and unspectacular thus far. Similar to his brother Jim’s NFL career.  

The “You are an asset to your team...aren’t you?” group

10. Josh McDaniels, Denver Broncos: Ruined his relationship with his young QB, and strained it with his star WR. That having been said, his team is 5-0 and he is making Kyle Orton look good (on the field, not in appearance because that’s impossible).

11. Jim Mora, Seattle Seahawks: Always puts a competitive team on the field, his players seem to like him and he looks like Mark Wahlberg. Good enough for me.

12. Lovie Smith, Chicago Bears: The fact he took a team to the Super Bowl with Rex Grossman as the starting QB still amazes me. But then I remember how bad the NFC was that year. A team could do a lot worse though.

13. Mike McCarthy, Green Bay Packers: Seems to get the most out of his players at the skill positions but his teams don’t do the little things (like block people) to win consistently.

14. Tony Sparano, Miami Dolphins: Bill Parcels’ little puppet doesn’t seem to care he doesn’t get to shop for the groceries but he’s done a good job in the kitchen thus far with the Dolphins.

The “We like what we see so far, but like Rex Ryan’s stomach, we need more” group

15. Rex Ryan, New York Jets: Not sold on him yet. If this was an eating competition, I would not have the same hesitations.

16. Mike Singletary

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