The two most important people down on an NFL field are the head coach and the starting QB. Let's rank the best duos in the NFL for 2025. Without being stable at both positions, no NFL team is going to win much.
Now yes, having an average head coach-quarterback duo can be something that wins games from time to time, but as we see in today's NFL, being well-coached and quarterbacked at a high level is simply the formula now.
As we creep toward the start of the 2025 NFL Season in a few months, the best and most elite duos in the NFL are obvious. Let's rank the 10 best here.
NFL Power Rankings: Ranking the best head coach-quarterback duos for 2025
10. DeMeco Ryans - CJ Stroud
Winning 20 regular season games in their first two years together, along with two division titles and two playoff wins, CJ Stroud and DeMeco Ryans are absolutely one of the best duos in the NFL. They're currently both 'good' at what they do but could propel to elite status in 2025.
9. Matt LaFleur - Jordan Love
Matt LaFleur and Jordan Love went 11-6 during the 2024 NFL Season and could be on the cusp of something special, and by the time the 2025 NFL Season ends, they could be the best head coach-quarterback duo in the NFC North, one of the best divisions in football.
8. Zac Taylor - Joe Burrow
Each time the Cincinnati Bengals have made the postseason, they have, at minimum, reached the AFC Championship Game, so this duo is lethal when the postseason starts. They haven't been to the playoffs since 2022, though.
7. Nick Sirianni - Jalen Hurts
Winning the Super Bowl this past season, Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts absolutely benefit from one of the best and deepest rosters in the NFL, and unquestionably the best GM in the NFL. Frankly, Sirianni isn't even the best coach on his own team, and I am not sure Jalen Hurts is one of the 10 best players on the Eagles roster.
However, they have won a ton of games together and deserve a spot on this list.
6. Dan Quinn - Jayden Daniels
Dan Quinn and Jayden Daniels feel like an eventual Super Bowl-winning duo if you ask me. The two won 14 total games in the 2024 NFL Season and could emerge as Super Bowl favorites for 2025. There aren't many duos in the NFL more rock-solid than Quinn and Daniels right now.
5. Dan Campbell - Jared Goff
Dan Campbell and Jared Goff have truly revived the Detroit Lions franchise, and they did what they could in 2024 - if it wasn't for some brutal defensive injuries, the Lions likely would have won the NFC. Heading into the 2025 NFL Season, Campbell and Goff are the two steady forces inside that locker room and will be the primary leaders of this team in the future.
4. John Harbaugh - Lamar Jackson
This duo hasn't won multiple games in the postseason before, so the Harbaugh-Jackson duo do have a ceiling, but they are among the best in the NFL at showing up to work and taking care of business. Jackson has won two MVP awards and should have won a third in 2024.
At this point, the Ravens would rather fast-forward through the regular season, as they are always among the top teams in the league.
3. Sean McDermott - Josh Allen
Making two AFC Championship Games together, Sean McDermott and Josh Allen have yet to break through and make a Super Bowl. Many said that 2024 was 'their year,' but it obviously was not. I am not sure McDermott is good enough of a head coach to lead this team to a Super Bowl, so this duo could end up hitting a wall yet again in 2025.
However, you can't dispute what they have done for the Buffalo Bills franchise.
2. Sean McVay - Matthew Stafford
Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford won a Super Bowl together in the 2021 NFL Season and are back again for their fifth year together. LA went 10-7 in 2024, won the NFC West, and appeared in the NFC Divisional Round.
There really isn't a lot to like about the McVay-Stafford duo, as both may finish their careers in the Hall of Fame.
1. Andy Reid - Patrick Mahomes
This really isn't a question - Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes have won three Super Bowls together and have also added a ton of other accolades and records to their own resumes. Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs got throttled in Super Bowl LIX against the Philadelphia Eagles, which definitely threw them a ton of questions to answer in the offseason.
However, until further notice, Reid and Mahomes are the best head coach-quarterback duo in the NFL.