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The NFL coaching carousel is already spinning.
The Jets and Saints have fired their coaches, the Jaguars could very soon (checks phone) and it’s easy to see another five jobs opening up, meaning the league will likely churn through a quarter of its head coaches this offseason.
That comes with the job, and speaks to the lack of patience NFL teams have with their coaches. New doesn’t always mean better — this season’s eight new head coaches are a combined 35-48, with the Chargers’ Jim Harbaugh (7-3), the Commanders’ Dan Quinn (7-4) and the Falcons’ Raheem Morris (6-5) the only ones with winning records.
All three had been NFL head coaches before, so is that momentum for more experienced hires — “retreads,” in NFL hiring parlance? None of the young offensive types has had a huge impact, so will that shift the tilt back toward defensive coaches?
We’re offering up 10 of the most logical head coach candidates, a mix of former head coaches and up-and-coming assistants, offense and defense, young and Belichick. It’s reasonable to think that some of the head coaches fired in this cycle could immediately land with another team as head coach, so that complicates both the pool and the projected list of vacancies.
Much could change in the final seven weeks of the season, but for now, we’ll project eight openings, and we’ll say Cleveland’s Kevin Stefanski is newly available, but the Bengals’ Zac Taylor and the Colts’ Shane Steichen are not.
Ben Johnson, Lions OC (age 38)
Johnson was a top candidate a year ago, and the Lions are even better with him back for another season, scoring touchdowns on their first seven drives in Sunday’s win over the Jaguars. Regardless of how far Detroit goes in the playoffs, Johnson should again be one of the most coveted NFL assistants. The Lions are averaging 33.6 points per game, a field goal ahead of the rest of the league. Can he bring the same culture and energy that Dan Campbell has to Detroit? That’s a larger challenge.
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