Binns was never starting.
injuries are part of the game, look at what NE lost.
he did a good job keeping the team together during the controversy but when the games were biggest his team didn't even show up. That tells us more than anything else. if they win those last 2 I think he could have been a COY candidate but they didn't compete in either game.
I guess you can look at this a number of different ways....but based on past history, you would have to say Rex is on the decline from his first couple of years with Mangini's team till now. Team has been going backwards and you can see the players coming in aren't contributing...especially to the offense.
By the same measure, Philbin increased his record year over year, which would indicate a coach on the incline. Same measure applied to both coaches.
Now, I don't necessarily believe that Ryan isn't a good coach or that Philbin is a great coach....but you can't cherry pick the information. I think it is really difficult to compare coaches of different tenures and make it work.