The Baltimore Ravens have finished the 2019 regular season with a number of awards likely looming. Though the Ravens ultimately have their sights set on Super Bowl LIV, coach John Harbaugh is one of the presumptive nominees for the NFL’s Coach of the Year award.

While Harbaugh has a lot of tough competition for the award, here are four reasons that set him apart from the other worthy coaches.

The Ravens are the best team in the league

If we’re boiling things down to their most basic forms, Baltimore having the best record in the NFL and winning 12 consecutive games should earn Harbaugh the award. It’s not too hard to argue that the best team in the league has the best coach. But that doesn’t really do it justice.

The Ravens have been the best team in the league by a wide margin. They haven’t played a bunch of bad teams to inflate their record but taken on some of the best squads in the league. Baltimore has played six of the 11 other playoff teams this season and gone 5-1 in those games, outscoring the group by a combined 180-110.

It’s one thing to be prepared enough to beat bad teams but to regularly outcoach some of the best in the league makes Harbaugh deserving of this award.