In the NFL, they all mere mortals. The league has long taken pride in its ability to reshuffle the deck each year, mixing up the standings, watching good and bad teams alike flip their records. These early stages of the 2013 season have been especially unpredictable, particularly in the NFC where several reliable, traditional powers find themselves in unfamiliar territory.That is not written to diminish his two Super Bowl titles and his three Super Bowl appearances. However, The Big Tuna never coached in a Super Bowl without Belichick on his coaching staff. In fact, Parcells coached seven seasons in the NFL without Belichick on the coaching staff three in New England and four in Dallas.

Khan and the franchise have become the most visible face of a growing field in football: advanced analytics. Once mainly baseball domain and glamorized by the book it has now made its way to the NFL. Where baseball has been revolutionized by quantitativebased analysis, football is facing an