There has been a lot of news coming out of the NFC East this offseason, and rightfully so. The division, which saw one of the worst years in recent memory, experienced significant turnover in the past month, with three of the four teams hiring a new head coach to take over operations. The Philadelphia Eagles are the only team to maintain stability in recent weeks, with Doug Pederson remaining at the helm.
As we enter the 2020 season with a fresh outlook for the NFC East, let’s take a look at the men who are in charge and rank them from who got the best guy, to who got the worst.
No. 4 — Joe Judge, New York Giants
This is not a knock on Judge’s ability as a coach so much as it is a holdout until we know more about the guy. How many of you were even aware of who Judge was before he was hired by the Giants? I can’t say I was. As the former special teams coordinator in New England, Judge knows what it means to be part of a successful team, as he’s won five Super Bowls or NCAA Championships in his coaching career — he was a member of the coaching staff in Alabama that won both the 2009 and 2011 BCS Championships.
Regardless of past success, however, we still have very little to base future success on. Sure, Judge was successful when working with Bill Belichick and Nick Saban, but what can he do on his own? Now in New York, he will be in charge of orchestrating QB Daniel Jones and RB Saquon Barkley all while dealing with the tough NY media market. He has little margin for error, so hopefully, he figures it out before it’s too late.