In the wake of his book regarding the all-time most overrated and underrated teams, players, coaches, and moments in NFL history, ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio has carved out a niche of sorts when it comes to opining on whether a given team, player, coach, and/or moment is overrated or underrated.

Most recently, Paolantonio takes aim at Titans coach Jeff Fisher and Bengals coach Marvin Lewis as two of the currently overrated head coaches.

Fisher, in 14 seasons as coach of the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Oilers/Tennessee Titans, has only two more winning seasons than the franchise for which he works has had names.  Fisher also has five losing campaigns and four 8-8 marks.

In the playoffs, Fisher is 5-5 as well, with one Super Bowl appearance.  But for the Music City Miracle, Fisher’s postseason mark would be 2-5, with no Super Bowls.

And Fisher, not former G.M. Floyd Reese, is the person who made the call on drafting Pacman Jones. 

As to Lewis, we’re not sure he’s overrated.  He’s done a good job in a bad situation.  Absent evidence that Lewis personally insisted on drafting the various turds who have made his tenure more complex, it’s hard to blame him for the team’s troubles.  If anything, the solid coaching abilities of Lewis have helped a team that would still be “earning” a top-five pick in every draft regain some respectability.

Though Paolantonio doesn’t point out any underrated head coaches (he focuses on two underrated assistants), we think that the most underrated head coach is Dick Jauron of the Bills, who has done very well despite difficult situations in Chicago, Detroit (on an interim basis), and Buffalo.

There was also a great discussion of the topic between Paolantonio, Bob Papa, Randy Cross, and Peter King on Wednesday’s Opening Drive on Sirius NFL Radio.