@michiganjoe posted:Tonight was Matt LaFleur’s 65th career regular-season win, moving him past Bill Cowher, Mike Holmgren and Andy Reid for sole possession of the No. 2 spot for the most wins by a head coach in his first six seasons behind only George Seifert (75), per the Elias Sports Bureau. pic.twitter.com/SLScD4RLqX
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) November 29, 2024
Let's state the obvious and say that Seifert's team had a lot more talent than MLF has.
In this first 6 years, Siefert had Joe Montana, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Charles Haley, Deion Sanders, and Ronnie Lott as future Hall of Famers.
Roger Craig, Rickey Watters, Tim McDonald, and Guy McIntyre (5 Pro Bowls) are in the HOF conversation. John Taylor, Dana Stubblefield and Brent Jones weren't bad either.
Cowher had Rod Woodson, Kevin Greene, Bettis, D. Dawson as future HOFers, and Greg Lloyd, Carnell Lake, and Gary Anderson (his one missed kick for the Vikings in 1998 is probably why he hasn't made it) as in the conversation.
Holmgren had Favre, Reggie, and Leroy Butler. Sean Jones and Eugene Robinson would be borderline guys for their career stats.
Reid probably had the least amount of talent of any of them. He had Brian Dawkins and Terrell Owens as HOFers. I don't think McNabb is a HOFer, but he made 6 Pro Bowls.
MLF had Rodgers and D. Adams as future HOFers earlier, but he has gone 17-11 the last two years without a clear HOF-level player on the roster. The Packers could easily go 12-5 this year and have only 2 guys that even make the Pro Bowl (Jacobs and McKinney).