rookie coach

Rookie coach Harbaugh outclasses Payton in every way.

There's a little bit of everything in this season's playoffs, writes Don Banks. Six new teams, nearly all of the NFL's elite QBs and one rookie coach are all part of an intriguing postseason.

Rookie Mark Sanchez more than matched Peyton Manning, throwing two touchdown passes in the first half and giving the New York Jets a 17-13 halftime lead over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC championship game Sunday.

After a scoreless first quarter, both teams opened up their passing games. Sanchez bested the All-Pro, putting rookie coach Rex Ryan and his underdog Jets just 30 minutes away from...

Rookie coach Rex Ryan had his New York Jets one quarter away from making the playoffs as they dominated the Cincinnati Bengals for a 30-0 lead Sunday night.

On an Arctic night in what likely is the final game at Giants Stadium, the Jets displayed their league-leading ground game and top-ranked defense against the AFC North champions.

Long before the game was over, even the announcers were second-guessing Josh McDaniels.Not because of anything he did Sunday night, but because of what the Denver rookie coach was thinking last February.

Now that they've been separated for five months, Bears quarterback Jay Cutler has high praise for Broncos rookie coach Josh McDaniels, whom he'll see in a preseason game at Invesco Field this weekend.

Cutler says in the brief time he spent with McDaniels he could tell the Bill Belichick disciple was an offensive mastermind.

Rookie coach Steve Spagnuolo has been pitch perfect so far in his makeover effort in St. Louis.