It appears it wasn’t just Raiders fans who were restlessly unhappy with former head coach Josh McDaniels. The NFL Players’ Association’s survey has been the topic of the day on Wednesday. As it turns out, chief among the topics discussed is McDaniels. And just how much everyone seemed to loathe him.
The NFLPA’s survey detailed plenty of eye-popping factoids. Among them were how the players felt about the former Raider coach. It seems that the consensus thought was… not very favorable at all. In fact, out of 32 head coaches, McDaniels ranked 32nd.
Albert Breer detailed the assessment, in which he noted that players graded head coaches (and owners) for the very time. So there’s no prior data to pull from, but resentment for McDaniels stretched league-wide it seems.
“Andy Reid was first, Josh McDaniels was 32nd among HCs,” Breer wrote. Breer detailed the report on X, the popular website known as Twitter.
McDaniels’ failures as a head coach are widely known at this point. It wasn’t just the first time in Denver in 2009 and 2010 either. No, his run with the Las Vegas Raiders really wasn’t much better. The only place he ever appeared to succeed at was as offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. And, well, that doesn’t really age too well for McDaniels, who’s had two miserable stints as a head coach in the NFL in two different decades.
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