In a perfect world, we wouldn't pay internet rankings any sort of mind. They are, after all, mostly just one person's opinion. The internet's full of that! Too full, probably.
But that's not the world we live in, and as long as that's the case, I'm going to get mad when internet rankings don't go my way. If I'm going to live in a world where I'm subjected to them multiple times per week, I'm going to take basically every single one extremely personally in ways that's probably not great for my long-term well-being. That's the game.
Fortunately, Pro Football Focus has made it easy today. The fine folks at PFF just dropped their latest list, a Top-10 NFL head coach rankings that will absolutely get you Mad On The Internet today. It's a work of art. Take a casual peruse through their Top 10 coaches and see what stands out to you the most.
Pro Football Focus' Top 10 NFL head coach rankings will make you furious (maybe)
The list includes Andy Reid in first, Sean Payton second, and various other names, including Kyle Shanahan and Dan Campbell, but Matt LaFleur fails to make the Top 10.
We'll get to the Matt LaFleur stuff in a second, but first – Sean Payton?! Second?! Because they went 10-7 one time? I wonder how things will go for Bo Nix in Year 2, when they ask him to throw a ball more than 10 yards in the air. (I'm sorry, I know how petulant this comes across. But Sean Payton?! Second?!)
OK, to LaFleur. There's really no conceivable reason why he's not on this list while Dan Campbell and Kevin Stefanski are.
Dan Campbell hasn't gone 67-33 in five seasons. In four years as a full-time head coach, Campbell has only five less losses than LaFleur has in six seasons with the Packers. And let's remember that LaFleur's made the playoffs in five of those seasons – more than double the amount of playoff appearances Stefanski's had during his entire Browns tenure.
Now I'm going to take a long walk outside to cool off. I may never come back, we'll see. Sean Payton, second. I can't breathe.
