Ranking NFL's 13 new coach-quarterback duos of 2025: Bears, Vikings set to surge? Raiders poised to rebound?
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Which new pairing is most promising heading into the 2025 season?
The 2025 NFL season is fast approaching, and many are understandably convinced that this year's top Super Bowl contenders will be familiar heavyweights: the Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, among others. Yet part of the appeal of the offseason is the hope drummed up by the rest of the NFL, especially after teams have a chance to restock their cupboards with fresh talent.
Turnover is widespread in the salary cap era, and rarely is that more apparent than in league-wide pairings of coaches and quarterbacks. In 2025 alone, at least 13 of the NFL's 32 teams will enter the season with either a new head coach, a new starting quarterback, or both. That's 40% of the entire league. And those aren't small pieces of the operation! A home-run pairing can be vital. A misfire at those spots can be lethal.
So which of this year's new coach-quarterback tandems is best equipped to make some noise in 2025? We decided to sort all 13 of them from least to most promising. But first, some quick criteria:
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