![]() Their odds may not be high, but as any good coach will tell you, never give up. Let’s run through the coaches at risk of following Jackson as the next midseason fire and how they can hold onto their gig. Hue Jackson was already replaced (by cartoon character Gregg Williams) and a half-dozen more coaches may be gone by season’s end, if not sooner. ![]() First-year head coaches Pat Shurmur, Steve Wilks, Mike Vrabel, Matt Patricia, and Frank Reich have been varying degrees of disappointing but not bad enough to fire, while first-year head coach ( and masterful GM) Jon Gruden has been bad enough to fire but is unfireable because of his contract. Cincinnati’s Marvin Lewis, Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, and Seattle’s Pete Carroll, all veteran coaches who may have been in jeopardy after a slow start, are all firmly within the playoff race. Texans coach Bill O’Brien, an early favorite to be fired, has pulled a six-game winning streak out of, uh, let’s go with “thin air” to take the division lead in the AFC South. Some coaches have found safety in the high ground. Teams have begun to separate themselves from the pack, and those being left behind will soon look for accountability within. ![]() It’s not fun to have people speculate on whether you should be fired, but it’s that time of the year for NFL head coaches. ![]()
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