The ground rules are simple: We asked 45 of our NFL experts -- reporters, analysts, former players -- to play GM and rank five candidates who aren't currently head coaches in the NFL who they'd try to hire for hypothetical franchises. That's 45 ballots, each with five names, ranked one through five.
Example: Voters could nominate Mike Leach (current head coach at Washington State) but not Dan Quinn (current NFL head coach). Got it? So -- here are the top five (and 45 other) nominations after all the votes were tallied.
Point system explained: First-place votes are worth five points, second-place worth four, third-place worth three and so on.