JP Acosta#40 of 87 NFL pundits · 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.
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What JP Acosta said
I think Andy Reid is still the best coach in the NFL.
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- Ranking (Almost) Every NFL Head Coach
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- SaidMay 19, 2025
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a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 51.9 out of 100, against 24.1 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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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”
VerdictClose51.92Close · naive 24.1351.92this call−24.13a naive guess=27.79better than naive×2difficulty=+55.59skillThink this is wrong?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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