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JP Acosta · May 19, 2025

Acosta made the odd-numbered picks in the head-coach draft, naming Andy Reid the best coach in the NFL, Dan Campbell third, Kyle Shanahan fifth, and continuing down to Brian Daboll at 25.

I think Andy Reid is still the best coach in the NFL.

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  • my number one pick is Andy Reid still... my number three is Dan Campbell... I am going to choose Kyle Shanahan... I'm going Sean Payton... I'm gonna go with Demico Ryans... Give me Jim Harbaugh... I'm a big believer in Pete Carroll... I'm going to take Nick Sirianni here... I'm gonna go Mike McDaniel... I'm gonna go with Mike McDonald... I'm going to pick Jonathan Gannon here... I'm gonna go with Dave Canalis here... I'm gonna go with Brian day Ball here

    Scored 51.92a naive guess scored 24.13+55.59 skill
    How this was scored
    best:
    Mike Vrabel
    skill:
    55.59
    method:
    spearman
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    51.92
    baseline:
    24.13
    settled by:
    wins above the prior-season baseline
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    coaches ranked:
    13
    weeks left when called:
    18

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