Geoff Schwartz
FOX Sports Betting Analyst
The AP NFL Coach of the Year award is often not given to the “best” coach but to the coach that overachieves his squad’s preseason expectations.
That eliminates coaches like Andy Reid (who has just one Coach of the Year award on his resume) or Mike Tomlin (who has never won). Instead, this accolade tends to be awarded to young coaches or those with new teams.
Every winner guided his team into the playoffs that season, so we must keep that in mind when considering who to wager on.
Additionally, it’s prudent to look at the long-shot options as well.
Cleveland’s Kevin Stefanski won last season. His odds were +2500 before the year kicked off.
In 2022, the New York Giants’ Brian Daboll was +1400 — a number that’s lower than usual for the winner.
Mike Vrabel won in 2021 with +3000 odds. That number was near the bottom of the pack, reflecting some of the longest odds for this award.
Stefanski was listed at +2000 when he won the award in 2020.
With that in mind, let’s dig into the coaches I’d wager on to win next season.
Sean McVay +2200 for Coach of the Year
Sean McVay won in 2017 when his Los Angeles Rams went 11-5 in his first season in Los Angeles. He’s in a great position to grab this award for the second time after the Rams make the postseason in 2024.
No one believed the Rams were a playoff team before last season. Matthew Stafford was returning from an injury and the roster was super young. However, McVay, along with Stafford, had a successful 2023 season that ended with a one-point loss to the Detroit Lions in the Wild Card round of the playoffs.
Although Aaron Donald hung up his cleats in the offseason, they return a talented, young roster and a healthy Stafford who’s still playing exceptional ball.
They are +330 to win the NFC West, which is actually the second-longest odds for any team coming in second in their division. The San Francisco 49ers are…
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