NFL head coaches on the hot seat

Ralph Vacchiano

NFL Reporter

John Mara has already promised not to fire New York Giants coach Brian Daboll during the season, and probably not after it either. Jerry Jones has vowed that Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy will coach out the season — the last on his current contract — too.

But history has shown that the dreaded “vote of confidence” — or even just promises where confidence is sort of implied — aren’t always what they seem to be. The NFL unemployment line has long been littered with coaches who were told they were safe, when they really weren’t.

Also, things change — sometimes very quickly. So hot seats don’t cool off, especially when the losing continues. And with two coaches already fired (Robert Saleh by the Jets and Dennis Allen by the Saints) there are almost certainly more to come.

Here is the FOX Sports bi-weekly ranking of the seven hottest coaching seats in the NFL, heading into Week 11:

1. Doug Pederson, Jacksonville Jaguars (Previous ranking: 2nd) 

It might be a miracle, and it definitely will be inexplicable, if he makes it out of the bye week with his job intact. His team has now lost three straight games and, dating back to last December (when the Jaguars were actually 8-3) they’ve gone just 3-13. 

Worse for Pederson, their last game before the bye week is at Detroit, so they’re not likely to head into it on a high note. On Sunday, they fell 12-7 to the Vikings in a game where the Jaguars managed just 143 yards of offense. Yes, they were without quarterback Trevor Lawrence, but 143 yards? It doesn’t matter that Mac Jones was his quarterback. It doesn’t matter who their quarterback was. That’s an unforgivable number for an offensive-minded head coach.

2. Matt Eberflus, Chicago Bears (Previous ranking: 4th) 

He is charging up the rankings, and it’s not just because a three-game losing streak has torched their season, or because the Bears have scored 27 points in…

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Publish date : 2024-11-13 15:40:04

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