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With the NFL season approaching its stretch run for the 2008 season, let's examine the strengths and weaknesses head coaches have displayed throughout their NFL career during the final four games of the season. By becoming aware of the good, bad and ugly roles we can put ourselves into position to make a key score or two between now and the start of the playoffs.
Positive trends for Week 16:
Jacksonville - Jack Del Rio is 8-4 in home games
Green Bay - Mike McCarthy is 2-0 as an underdog
Philadelphia - Andy Reid is 14-7 in road games
Seattle - Mike Holmgren is 13-6 as an underdog
Negative trends for Week 16:
Indianapolis - Tony Dungy is 7-16 in road games
Minnesota - Brad Childeress is 0-4 in home games
St. Louis - Jim Haslett is 4-10 in home games
N.Y. Jets - Eric Mangini is 1-3 as a favorite
Listed below are each coach and their ATS record in five critical categories. All results are ATS and are lifetime heading into the 2008 season with current and former affiliates and are from Games 13-16 of the regular season.
Enjoy…
| Belichick |
16-8 |
11-13 |
18-13 |
9-8 |
5-1 off SU Fav loss |
| Chlidress |
0-4 |
3-1 |
1-4 |
2-1 |
0-4 home |
| Coughlin |
13-12 |
15-9 |
16-14 |
12-7 |
10-2 vs opp off loss |
| Crennel |
3-2 |
4-3 |
3-2 |
4-3 |
5-1 off SUATS loss |
| Del Rio |
7-4 |
4-5 |
7-5 |
4-4 |
3-0 dog w/revenge |
| Dungy |
15-10 |
7-16 |
16-16 |
6-10 |
1-6 after score 35 > |
| Edwards |
7-7 |
8-6 |
5-5 |
10-8 |
4-1 vs opp/SU dog W |
| Fisher |
16-16 |
14-10 |
17-6 |
13-10 |
6-0 fav 9 > |
| Fox |
5-6 |
9-4 |
8-6 |
6-4 |
8-1 away vs division |
| Gruden |
7-12 |
8-13 |
9-15 |
6-10 |
0-10 off win 9 > |
| Holmgren |
20-10-1 |
17-14-2 |
24-17-1 |
13-6-2 |
18-6 vs > .500 |
| Jauron |
8-8 |
8-8 |
6-2 |
9-14 |
6-1 of BB losses |
| Haslett |
4-10 |
6-4 |
4-7 |
6-4 |
0-6 off BB SUATS losses |
| Kubiak |
5-1 |
0-2 |
2-1 |
3-2 |
3-0 SUATS vs opp/DDW |
| Lewis |
2-7-1 |
5-5 |
4-7-1 |
3-5 |
1-7-1 home vs < 600 |
| Mangini |
1-3 |
4-0 |
1-2 |
4-1 |
4-0 away |
| Marinelli |
2-2 |
1-3 |
0-2 |
3-3 |
0-4 off non div game |
| McCarthy |
3-1 |
3-1 |
4-2 |
2-0 |
4-0 SUATS/allow 19 > |
| Payton |
1-3 |
3-1 |
2-2 |
2-1 |
0-3 vs opp/SUATS win |
| Phillips |
5-9 |
7-8-2 |
7-10-1 |
5-7-1 |
1-7 SUATS/DD loss |
| Reid |
6-9 |
14-7 |
7-10 |
13-6 |
8-1 away w/revenge |
| Shanahan |
13-14 |
11-18 |
16-21 |
8-11 |
1-9 vs division |
| Smith |
3-4 |
3-5-1 |
2-5-1 |
3-4 |
0-5/BB wins |
| Tomlin |
9-8 |
10-11 |
10-11 |
9-8 |
6/1/BB wins |
| Whisenhunt |
1-1 |
0-2 |
1-1 |
0-2 |
0-3/score 27 < | |
