We’re a few weeks away from the Super Bowl, which means that across the league new coaches are settling in and hiring staffs.
Six of the seven vacancies in the NFL have been filled — we’re still waiting on the Houston Texans, and who knows how long it will take to clean up that mess — so we thought we’d take a shot at evaluating the pairings so far.
It’s never easy to hire a coach, and predicting which ones will succeed is generally futile. Nevertheless, here are our 100 percent correct reactions to the hirings with grades that are certified to stand the test of time and prove to be an accurate reading of the situation.
Let’s kick things off, surprisingly, in Florham Park, New Jersey.