And the 2008 coach of the year is ...

December 18, 2007 7:03 PM

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando

I've been looking at the Pro Bowl results and trying to make sense of them. The Jaguars have 10 victories but zero Pro Bowl players. The Cowboys have 12 victories and 11 Pro Bowl players. Something isn't adding up here.

If the results are accurate or even close to accurate, or if they indicate in any way the overall talent level of teams, we might be able to identify the best coaching jobs by subtracting the number of Pro Bowl players for each team from that team's victory totals.

That's what I've done in the chart. Using that formula, the Jaguars, Bucs and Packers would rank among those teams getting the most out of their talent. The Giants would also rank high on the list, as would the Colts, Browns and Texans.

This isn't definitive, but it's one way to make sense of Pro Bowl results, and have some fun with them.

  
  

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