Half-Way Point - Head Coach of the Year

[goldfishwars]

Who is your head coach of the year at the half-way point?

 

Todd Bowles – The Jets might be 3-5, but bar a small collapse against the Raiders they’ve been competitive in every game they’ve been in this season despite pre-season expectations going as far to suggest this could be the worst playing roster in the modern NFL.

 

Sean McDermott – The Bills are 5-2 playing with a razor thin roster, but a gameplan on both sides of the ball that has been executed so well it’s made them incredibly difficult to play against. Buffalo were supposed to be tanking, but they’ve been focussed and prepared.

 

Sean McVay – The Rams became stagnant and uninspired during the Jeff Fisher era, but a new coaching regime had breathed life into a still talented roster on both sides of the ball. McVay clearly deserves enormous credit for Jared Goff’s turnaround after so many were ready to write him off as a bust.

 

Doug Pederson – 7-1 speaks for itself, almost incredible considering we are only a couple of years removed from a Chip Kelly regime that looked like it would take years to get over and it’s telling that players from that era are flourishing (Ertz, Agholor) under Pederson.

 

Sean Payton – The Saints have gone 5-2 having turned around early losses into a five game winning streak. With key additions to the defense really paying off, Peyton finally has the kind of rounded team that last saw his team win the Super Bowl.

 

Andy Reid – The Chiefs have emerged 5-2 from a difficult opening schedule with Alex Smith playing the best football of his career just as his job looked in threat and a rookie running back ready to run over the league.

 

Mike Zimmer – No quarterback, no problem. The Vikings looked a little lopsided in favour of the defensive side heading into the year, even moreso when Bradford and Cook went down. But instead of shrinking, they’ve emerged even stronger.

[sryan66611]

Lots of really good options this year its a hard choice....   Seems you could make a case for any of these guys to get it at this point in time.  

[TedLavie]

Tomlin probably deserves a mention as well.

Lots of good candidates, I'd go with McDermott right now because the Bills are playing like a top10 team with a bottom10 roster. Zimmer, Peterson and Reid are close and don't rule out BB if the Pats finish strong

[JDBrocks]

Homer alert - Zimmer has found a way to win after losing a starting QB AND starting ROY candidate RB. I'd like to see what happens after the bye week this year, but if the season ended now I think he'd get my vote.

[Hunter2_1]

Reid for me.

 

Side note: if we have another few games of giving up modest scores, I think BB is in the conversation. Taken the 32nd ranked D in every metric from weeks 1-4, to the 3rd best defense through weeks 5-8. Not bad. 

[amazingandre]

Todd Bowles, they have zero talent and everyone predicted them to be the worst team in the league. Good for them

[bigbadbuff23835]

I don't see how anyone could vote for someone not named McDermott, Mcvay, or Pederson.

[BStanRamFan]

It's McVay and it's not even close.

[stl4life07]

Sean McVay. He turned the worst offense in the NFL for a decade into one of the best. Goff looks like the number one overall pick and he has help make Gurley into the superstar he was touted to be coming out of college.

[bigbadbuff23835]

30 minutes ago, BStanRamFan said:

It's McVay and it's not even close.

You won't get any qualms out of me if he were to win, but to say it's not even close is laughable when people had the Bills finishing bottom three in the league. 

[JDBrocks]

This not even close stuff is funny. Of course it's close. People disagree over this kind of thing pretty frequently.

[AFlaccoSeagulls]

I don't think you can go wrong with McVay or Pederson. Pederson for the best record in the league, and McVay for the best turnaround team. I think my gut goes for McVay here.

[BStanRamFan]

Bills bottom 3 is questionable. But everyone had Goff written off as a bust and his career has turned around under McVay. Gurley has been resurrected as well. Worst scoring offense in the league to the best in one season.  Changed culture in one year. Worst to potentially first in the division. Great offseason moves in Whitworth, Woods, Barwin. And youngest coach ever will play well in voting. As long as Rams finish 10-6 or better and make the playoffs, i don't think it's close. Also, Bills 7-9 last year and Rams 4-12 plays a factor. No, I don't think it's close right now. Subject to change, but the thread is Half-Way COTY.

[The BILLievers]

1 hour ago, BStanRamFan said:

It's McVay and it's not even close.

Huh??? Maybe Jeff Fischer just really sucked but you have the 1st overall pick @ QB, 4th overall pick in Sammy Watkins, Todd Gurley 10th overall pick, Robert Woods 2nd rounder... Then a talented defense coached by Wade Phillips. I agree he is getting more production out of your skill positions but he also has UBER talented players at every skill position.

Sean McDermott is 5-2 and everyone in the world thought the Bills were tanking. They're not great teams but we've beaten the Falcons, Raiders, Broncos, Bucs and Jets with a "bottom 10" talent wise team.

I don't see how it can't be Sean McDermott, especially with the culture change around the Bills organization. He's brought stability, leadership and accountability.

I agree McVay has done an amazing job but so has McDermott, who has the same record on a team with way less "talent".

 

 

[BStanRamFan]

10 minutes ago, The BILLievers said:

Huh??? Maybe Jeff Fischer just really sucked but you have the 1st overall pick @ QB, 4th overall pick in Sammy Watkins, Todd Gurley 10th overall pick, Robert Woods 2nd rounder... Then a talented defense coached by Wade Phillips. I agree he is getting more production out of your skill positions but he also has UBER talented players at every skill position.

Sean McDermott is 5-2 and everyone in the world thought the Bills were tanking. They're not great teams but we've beaten the Falcons, Raiders, Broncos, Bucs and Jets with a "bottom 10" talent wise team.

I don't see how it can't be Sean McDermott, especially with the culture change around the Bills organization. He's brought stability, leadership and accountability.

I agree McVay has done an amazing job but so has McDermott, who has the same record on a team with way less "talent".

 

 

Our first round QB was written off as a bust until Mcvay resurrected that. Gurley was starting to be written off after a HUGE sophomore slump and has become a pass catching RB under McVay. McVay traded for Sammy Watkins and signed Robert Woods so those are positives in his column. He's accumulated talent and developed it, I don't see how that can be considered a strike against him. Being a coach that lacks experience and knowledge of defense, what does McVay do? He brings in Wade Phillips who has everything he is lacking. These are not knocks on McVay, they are enhancements of his COTY award.