{"id":21393,"date":"2022-02-18T19:25:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T00:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=21393"},"modified":"2022-02-18T19:25:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T00:25:35","slug":"ranking-the-2022-23-nfl-head-coaching-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/ranking-the-2022-23-nfl-head-coaching-class\/","title":{"rendered":"RANKING THE 2022-23 NFL HEAD COACHING CLASS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all the coaching turnover last season, it only made sense that this \u201cBlack Monday\u201d would be a little calmer when the axes started to fall. Not so, as we ended up with nine NFL head coaching openings and all of them were interviewing potential replacements by the time the NFL played its Divisional Round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with every year, there are winners and losers, even when it comes to hiring a head coach. Sometimes you can literally lose right out of the gate, as the Houston Texans did last season hiring David Culley. Other times, it takes a few months into the season to figure out that you\u2019ve doomed your franchise. I\u2019m looking at you, Jacksonville Jaguars, who I thought made the top hire of last offseason in Urban Meyer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, yeah, my rankings are pretty definitive. I mean, who could have predicted the guy would kick his own player before getting a public lap dance? Where was that futures prop?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of the seven guys hired last season never made it to their second year. Both were disasters and both (Meyer and Culley) were at opposite sides of my list a year ago. Nick Sirianai, who I ranked No. 4, was the only man to get his squad to the postseason. Brandon Staley, who I had at five, almost made it and at least finished with a winning record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Campbell got a lot out of the Detroit Lions by the end of the year, and certainly endeared himself with the fanbase and media. I had him ranked sixth. Robert Saleh and Arthur Smith were just pretty much guys coaching bad teams. Next season, they\u2019ll need to show they\u2019ve accomplished something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year we had no former NFL head coaches land a job. This offseason, we have four out of the nine who used to prowl a franchise\u2019s sideline scowling under a headset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey, I have a lot to make up for from last season with the list, so let\u2019s start with a guy that probably shouldn\u2019t have been fired a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. DOUG PEDERSON, JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous Job: Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pederson sat out this past season and I\u2019m surprised he wasn\u2019t linked to more jobs. He\u2019s got the resume, a Super Bowl championship and considering Carson Wentz\u2019s 2021-22 season, he should be off the hook on how things went south in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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