The NFL is chock-full of contenders with familiar leaders: Super Bowl candidates like the Buffalo Bills , Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs have been directed by the same head coaches for years. It's not necessarily a coincidence, as continuity is often underrated in today's world of instant gratification.

Even so, some teams are better because of their expeditious change to fresh leadership: Take the New England Patriots , for example, who needed just one season to decide Jerod Mayo wasn't quite the Bill Belichick successor they were envisioning. Mayo may not have been the sole culprit for New England's 2024 woes, but the team certainly looks more well-rounded under the guidance of another former Belichick disciple in Mike Vrabel, the man now overseeing the sidelin

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