Monday, February 13, 2023

Andy Reid: A Mount Rushmore Coach

Let's start here with playoff wins by NFL coaches:


Belichick is the GOAT with 31 playoff wins. 
Andy Reid #2 with 22. 

Landry, Shula, Gibbs and Noll all solid with 16+. 

All six of these guys have 2+ Super Bowls. 


Then you look at total wins. 

Shula, Halas, Belichick top 3. Next year, Andy Reid will pass Tom Landry and move to #4 all time. 


(By the way, George Halas is insane. In the 1920's, Halas was not only the team's coach but also played end—wide receiver on offense, defensive end on defense—and handled ticket sales and the business of running the club. His total wins, plus win-loss record, plus 6 championships, plus the 73-0 game, all extremely impressive. They didn't have playoffs back then to rack up playoff wins or he would have a lot more.)

So if you go by wins, I think it's fair to say Shula, Halas, Belichick, Reid.

If you go by playoff wins, your top four is Belichick, Reid, Landry, Shula.

If you sort these 5 guys by win-loss record, it goes: Halas, Shula, Belichick, Reid, Landry. 

You can make more arguments for Paul Brown or Curly Lambeau, at some point we're splitting hairs and trying to compare completely different eras. 

But the 2nd Super Bowl Ring, plus the wins, plus the playoff wins, plus the win-loss record, no matter how you slice it, Andy Reid is on the Mount Rushmore of NFL Coaches.

One more stat: Games above .500

Reid has 109 more wins than losses. With a winning record next year, he'll pass Paul Brown and be #4 on this list as well. 



Again, the top four does seem to be Shula, Halas, Belichick and Reid, no matter which metric you use. 





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