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<\/p>\nWe\u2019ve made it to Week 18 in the NFL season, which means we\u2019re only days away from Black Sunday and Monday, the colloquial term for all the head coach firings that inevitably take place once the season ends.<\/p>\n
Two head coaches, the Tennessee Titans\u2019 Brian Callahan and the New York Giants\u2019 Brian Daboll, have already lost their jobs. How many more will join them?<\/p>\n
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We\u2019re taking the temperature of the coaches on or approaching the hot seat all week.<\/p>\n
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Here’s the names to know on the NFL’s coaching hot seat as the regular season ends. (Bruno Rouby\/Yahoo Sports)<\/p>\n
Feeling the most heatPete Carroll, Las Vegas Raiders<\/p>\n
Record with team: 2-14, first season<\/p>\n
Why he might get fired: Carroll was supposed to bring stability to the franchise, but it\u2019s been more losing under the 74-year-old former Super Bowl winner. The Raiders haven\u2019t won since Week 6, the offseason trade for Carroll\u2019s preferred QB Geno Smith hasn\u2019t yielded much, the offensive and special teams coordinators were both fired in November, and now there\u2019s a dispute with Maxx Crosby<\/a> over the star pass rusher being placed on injured reserve. None of this reflects well on Carroll, who may be in over his head trying to fix a franchise where the rot goes much deeper (and higher).<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: There was a reason Carroll was hired. He is almost 40 games over .500 for his NFL career, and that\u2019s counting this season\u2019s debacle. Also, Mark Davis has paid out a lot of money for failed coaches over the past few years, and maybe he doesn\u2019t want to shell out for Carroll, too. Still, it\u2019s hard to find a great reason to stick with Carroll, given his age and the Raiders\u2019 need for an organization-wide reset.<\/p>\n Kevin Stefanski, Cleveland Browns<\/p>\n Record with team: 45-58 (including playoffs), sixth season<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: The Browns are headed for a fourth losing record in six years under Stefanski, as well as a second straight year picking in the top five of the draft. The cataclysmic Deshaun Watson trade is partly on Stefanski, who recruited him in the spring of 2022, and for all of Stefanski\u2019s offensive acumen, none of the 13 (!) quarterbacks who\u2019ve started under his watch has proven to be the long-term solution.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: Stefanski has done quite a bit with limited talent, especially on offense, and team owner Jimmy Haslam might give him a chance to actually develop a highly drafted QB. Stefanski has also been to the playoffs twice and maintains a steady demeanor, win or lose. He has won NFL Coach of the Year twice, and it\u2019s not like this would be an attractive opening for this cycle\u2019s top candidates.<\/p>\n Raheem Morris, Atlanta Falcons<\/p>\n Record with team: 15-18, second season (this stint)<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: Morris hasn\u2019t been flat-out bad, and Monday\u2019s upset of the Rams<\/a> helps his case, but the Falcons have regressed overall this season and the operation just feels shaky under his watch. While he might end up a fall guy alongside general manager Terry Fontenot, who oversaw an all-in 2025 that included trading away the team\u2019s first-round pick next spring, Morris also hasn\u2019t made a strong case for himself.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: As mentioned above, the Falcons\u2019 current mess is more on Fontenot. That doesn\u2019t mean Morris is blameless \u2014 the McVay tree magic that Atlanta doubtlessly sought by bringing him in along with offensive coordinator Zac Robinson hasn\u2019t materialized \u2014 but it also means team owner Arthur Blank might give him another year.<\/p>\n Jonathan Gannon, Arizona Cardinals<\/p>\n Record with team: 15-35, third season<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: Gannon was hired in part to toughen up Arizona\u2019s defense, and that hasn\u2019t really happened. This year\u2019s unit is 26th in EPA per play allowed, 27th in success rate allowed, and in general hasn\u2019t taken a step forward despite 17 of Gannon\u2019s 28 draft picks being on that side of the ball, including six of seven last spring. It\u2019s hard to say the Cardinals are demonstrably better than they were when Gannon was hired.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: Kyler Murray is the biggest question lingering over the franchise, and Gannon might be winning more with better QB play. Perhaps team owner Michael Bidwill gives him a chance to prove it. He did have the Cardinals on an upward trajectory through his first two seasons.<\/p>\n Mike McDaniel, Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n Record with team: 35-34 (including playoffs), fourth season<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: The story of the McDaniel era (thus far) is starting with a bang and petering out, both in the micro and macro. He made the playoffs his first two seasons (including a hallowed 70 burger against the Broncos), but lost six of the last seven in 2022 and four of his last six in 2023. Since then, his motion-heavy, speed-oriented offense has been less effective against the league as a whole, and off-field issues (including players reportedly running out defensive coordinator Vic Fangio<\/a>, who won a Super Bowl with the Eagles last season) suggest McDaniel doesn\u2019t have much command of the locker room.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: Tua Tagovailoa\u2019s limitations and concussion concerns have limited the Dolphins, and if they don\u2019t bring him back next season, the salary cap hit would be so big that team owner Stephen Ross might decide it\u2019s worth keeping McDaniel around one more year to get out from under it.<\/p>\n Has the team owner\u2019s backingAaron Glenn, New York Jets<\/p>\n Record with team: 3-13, first season<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: The Jets have been largely non-competitive, and that\u2019s not what anyone expected in Glenn\u2019s first season. He earned respect as a Pro Bowl player and the Lions\u2019 defensive coordinator the past few seasons, but the Jets\u2019 defense has regressed, the quarterback play has been bad, and the Jets were big-time sellers at the trade deadline<\/a>. Justin Fields was benched in November and defensive coordinator Steve Wilks was fired in December. There aren\u2019t many more heads to roll here.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n