Colin Cowherd#54 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 18, 2026
On The Herd, Cowherd ranked the NFL's top 10 head coach/quarterback duos (plus three honorable mentions), putting Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford first by a substantial margin, Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes second, and Jim Harbaugh and Justin Herbert third.
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Number one to me, and it's a pretty substantial margin, McVay and Stafford.
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“FOX Sports analyst Colin Cowherd provided his list of the top 10 head coach and quarterback combinations across the league... "I put Shanahan and Purdy at 10"... "Number one to me, and it's a pretty substantial margin, McVay and Stafford.”
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