Here are my Coaches on the Hot Seat List with 4 weeks to go in the regular season...
CURRENT OPENINGS:
Raiders and Panthers
HIGHLY LIKELY TO BE FIRED:
LAC Brandon Staley - I’m surprised this wasn’t a mid season firing to attempt to save the season. Now it’s over for them... Herbert is on the IR and they just gave up 63 points to the Raiders... He should be fired tomorrow.
TEN Mike Vrabel - He’s a great defensive coach, but there’s something to be said about the 3 QB circus he’s been using the last 2 seasons. He’s not going to be the guy to develop Willis or Levis.
WAS Ron Rivera - New owner, new GM, new HC. Rivera has had plenty of time to turn things around.
CHI Matt Eberflus - The Bears are looking better in recent weeks, but Eberflus is not the right coach to lead them out of the rebuild.
SEAT IS SIMMERING:
NYJ Robert Salah - The fact that he started Tim Boyle at QB for 2 games and pretended like he was the best option on the team is laughable at best.
NYG Brian Daboll - Yes, Daniel Jones was lost to a torn ACL. When healthy, he wasn’t good. NYG hasn’t developed a WR since Odell Beckham Jr. He has tons of young, highly drafted talent that isn’t producing.
TB Todd Bowles - They are about to head into a hard rebuild. Their team is old and mediocre. They should trade one or both of Mike Evans and Chris Godwin. They will likely franchise tag Antoine Winfield Jr and they should trade him too.
THE BELICHICK SITUATION:
The Patriots are in as good of a position as anyone to draft either Caleb Williams or Drake Maye. I think he will want to stay and draft one of these guys. If I was Robert Kraft, I would talk Belichick into giving up his GM duties. I don't think he will do that in New England, but maybe he will be just a HC somewhere else. He could easily be traded to someone else for a 1st or early 2nd round pick if he agrees to be a HC on a traditionally structured team.