The final four weeks of the NFL season are tantamount to the stretch run of a Graded Stakes race. It’s where races that count are won and lost.

It’s been said many times over that if you don’t have the horse you won’t win the race. For the most part this adage is right on the money. There are times, though, when the ride he’s given by the jockey can put the team in the winner’s circle. That’s why good jockeys are almost always atop quality horses in big races.

The same holds true for head coaches. They are the pilots, guiding their teams with game plans designed for success or failure.

Listed below are the best and worst head coaches and their NFL career ATS records during Games 13 thru 16, minimum 6 results (current affiliation in parenthesis) prior to the final four weeks of this season.

We recommend you keep this list right beside your schedule as it’s as good way to find the winner's circle as any at this stage of the season...

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Kubiak (HOU) 5-1

Holmgren (SEA) 20-10-1

Belichick (NE) 16-8

Lewis (CIN) 2-7-1

Haslett (STL) 4-10

Away

Fox (CAR) 9-4

Reid (PHI) 14-7

Dungy (IND) 7-16

Favorite

Jauron (BUF) 6-2

Fisher (TEN) 17-6

Smith (CHI) 2-5-1

Dog

Reid (PHI) 13-6

Holmgren (SEA) 13-6-2

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