Kevin O'Connell has won 12 games, clinched a division title, made Kirk Cousins an .800 quarterback, weathered a bottom-five scoring defense and is now just showing off by solving the woes of a wayward kicker.
But how does he measure up to the other nine head coaches who were hired by their respective teams before this season? That matters because the newbies tend to get special attention when AP voters are considering NFL Coach of the Year.
Seven of the 10 head into Week 17 under .500. Three have been eliminated from the playoff race, including Denver's Nathaniel Hackett, who also got eliminated from his job this week.