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NFL Coach Power Rankings: Where Jay Gruden fits in among the 32 coaches

By Jacob Camenker

BALTIMORE, MD - AUGUST 29: Head coach Jay Gruden of the Washington Redskins talks with quarterback Kirk Cousins #8 of the Washington Redskins in the fourth quarter of a preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on August 29, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Matt Hazlett/ Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD - AUGUST 29: Head coach Jay Gruden of the Washington Redskins talks with quarterback Kirk Cousins #8 of the Washington Redskins in the fourth quarter of a preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on August 29, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Matt Hazlett/ Getty Images) /
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KANSAS CITY, MO – JANUARY 6: Head coach Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs looks to the sidelines just before the Tennessee Titans run the last play of the AFC Wild Card Playoff Game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 6, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jason Hanna/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO – JANUARY 6: Head coach Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs looks to the sidelines just before the Tennessee Titans run the last play of the AFC Wild Card Playoff Game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 6, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jason Hanna/Getty Images) /

124. . Head Coach. Kansas City Chiefs. Andy Reid. 7. player

Andy Reid has been a head coach in the NFL for 19 consecutive years. He spent the first 14 years of his career in Philadelphia before coming to the Kansas City Chiefs. And wherever Reid has gone, success has followed.

In Reid’s career, his team has had a losing record just three times in his career. Three times. Over 19 seasons. That’s pretty crazy to think about. And Reid also has made the playoffs a whopping 13 times, including making it in 4-of-5 seasons with the Chiefs.

Reid’s record is 183-120-1, which puts him in the No. 11 overall spot for NFL history. He hasn’t had as much success in the playoffs, making it to just one Super Bowl and losing, but the fact is that he is a very good regular season head coach who does well to find and develop quality quarterbacks.

That’s one of the major problems with Reid. Not the ability to develop quarterbacks. Obviously, that’s a positive. But the fact that he hasn’t had a lot of postseason success is an indictment of him, and there’s one specific reason why this is an issue.

In big games, Reid often struggles immensely with clock management. Reid just never seems to know when to use timeouts or how to effectively operate a four-minute offense. In a 2016 postseason game against the Patriots, Reid’s Chiefs were trailing 27-13 with 6:36 left to go in the game. Reid allowed the offense to move slowly down the field, and wasted over 30 seconds of time at one point before the two-minute warning. That effectively cost them a chance at beating the Patriots.

And, of course, in the Super Bowl with the Eagles, Reid struggled with similar problems that may have cost Philadelphia a chance there. In short, the clock is something that will always elude Reid, and it’s just something his employers will have to live with.

Despite this deficiency, Reid is still a very good head coach who knows how to get teams to win games. He can lead a team and find ways to win on both offense and defense. And of course, he’s very knowledgeable and always surrounds himself with solid staffers to help his teams win. For that reason, he deserves a spot in the top 10, though it’s fair to wonder if he’ll ever win a championship.

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