Rankings the 10 best head coach, quarterback duos entering 2024 NFL season

FOX Sports' Colin Cowherd believed that the AFC had the edge over the NFC in terms of better coaching and quarterback play at the end of the 2023 NFL season, and with the Los Angeles Chargers' hiring of Jim Harbaugh this offseason, he believes that the scales have tipped even further in the AFC's favor.

Cowherd ranked his top-10 head coach-quarterback duos on a recent edition of "The Herd," and the list includes many AFC tandems — especially toward the top. Can you guess where Harbaugh and Justin Herbert land on Cowherd's list? 

Here's his full rankings of the best duos in the league heading in to the 2024 season, with betting insight from DraftKings Sportsbook.

Honorable mention: San Francisco 49ers HC Kyle Shanahan and QB Brock Purdy

2023 record: 12-5 (lost in Super Bowl)
Shanahan's Coach of the Year odds: +3500
Purdy's MVP odds: +1400 (tied for fifth-best odds)

Cowherd's thoughts: "If I had to put a duo at No. 11, I'd go with Kyle Shanahan and Brock Purdy."

10. Detroit Lions HC Dan Campbell and QB Jared Goff

2023 record: 12-5 (lost in NFC Championship Game)
Campbell's Coach of the Year odds: +1500 (seventh-best odds)
Goff's MVP odds: +2800

Cowherd's thoughts: "Dan Campbell, in my opinion, can be a little too led by emotions sometimes. I don't love all of Dan Campbell's situational coaching. … I wish he was a bit more restrained. But I've been saying this about Jared Goff for years: He throws one of the prettiest balls in the league. The Lions have winning records in back-to-back years."

9. Miami Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel and QB Tua Tagovaioloa

2023 record: 11-6 (lost in wild-card round)
McDaniel's Coach of the Year odds: +2500
Tagovailoa's MVP odds: +2500

Cowherd's thoughts: "Mike McDaniel is sort of Kyle