The 2020 NFL regular season is approaching its conclusion and to say it's been a rollercoaster is a major understatement. Given complications stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, along with a rash of severe injuries to top players around the league, the NFL is dealing with a slew of unprecedented i sues as it works feverishly to keep the train on its rails. It has created difficulties for many teams and, as such, their head coaches. But not every coach can use the pandemic to excuse away poor play, especially if they entered the season already teetering on the brink of disaster within their respective franchise -- e.g., Doug Marrone with the and Adam Gase with the New York Jets.With Dan Quinn and Bill O'Brien having already been fired by the and , respectively, weeks ago, followed by Matt Patricia getting the ax two days after an embarra sing lo s by the , that marks three NFL head coaches who entered the season on our CBS Sports hot seat
Catfish Hunter Jersey list and didn't survive the 2020 season. There is still a list of questions regarding others who should feel anything but comfortable in the final five week, and there can be no doubt that's the case when it comes to the five individuals listed below.Every single one of them is operating on borrowed time.There is absolutely no reason to allow this circus to continue.In 2019, all it took was a defeat of the also unimpre sive 2019 to secure Gase's job, with team owner Christopher Johnson stating unequivocally there would be no
Walt Weiss Jersey changes at the head coach position last season, despite early struggles. Johnson was clear that Gase would return for 2020, and he has. That's not the weird part though, considering the team finished with a 6-2 record in their last eight games with returned from a bout with mononucleosis (OK, that last part was indeed weird, but stick with me on this). Things are made truly strange by general manager , and going on to absolve him for much of the blame for what's happening on the field.But for a coach who has obvious struggles with top players, Douglas needs to reconsider his decision. For example, what was up with the relationship between Gase and All-Pro running back ? And is Darnold suddenly not good, or is that attributable to Gase? Bell has now been released, not long after was traded -- both after having very public i sues with Gase -- pushing the Jets deeper into the talentle s aby s. Currently sitting at 0-11 on the year following a second lo s to the Miami Dolphins, the Jets are now 7-20 in Gase's first 27 games as their head coach, and an offense that was ranked 31st in the league in 2019 is now ranked 32nd, averaging just 13.8 points and 267.8 yards per game.Not that there was any armor to begin with, but if there was, it's been cracking for a while now and even more so with defensive coordinator Gregg Williams taking veiled shots this season at the offense's inability to stay on the field and score points -- alluding to that as one of the reasons his defense is seemingly ga sed. Gase finally gave up play-calling duties in Week 7 after pa sionately saying he never would, only to take them back in Week 12 but then claim he didn't call any at all, only to then admit a day later it's a "collaboration" on offense. At this point, to be frank, the Jets and Gase are giving the circus a bad name.Enough with the half measures, Mr. Khan.Seriously, any NFL fanbase deserves better than what the Jaguars have been producing (or rather, not producing) in recent seasons and for most of the club's existence. The organization has been in an outright tailspin since appearing in the AFC Championship Game following a promising (and exciting) 10-6 season in 2017. There was a ton of promise for the future at that time, but it took an instant for things to implode, and in spectacular fashion. The decision to extend quarterback was not met well by some players, and the club has since been trapped in toxicity that's led to the shedding of several All-Pro and Pro Bowl talents, leaving the Jaguars a shell of what they once were in 2020. There was Jags optimism after they upset the in Week 1 and hung with the in a Week 2 lo s, but it was
Reggie Jackson Jersey an ugly home defeat at the hands of the in Week 3 that pointed to the direction this season would go. All told, the Jaguars are now 1-10 after losing nine consecutive games, and there's little that indicates they'll be able to escape losing each of their final five games to land at 1-15 on the season. Despite this all being glaringly obvious, owner Shad Khan opted to fire only general manager Dave Caldwell following the Week 12 lo s to , and refused to send Marrone packing with him. Having already fired Tom Coughlin earlier this calendar year followed by shipping out a tremendous amount of disgruntled talent, if Khan truly wants to turn the ship around, to sing Marrone overboard as well will be the right thing to do.To be fair, I'll wipe Week 12 from the record books for Fangio.That said, his presence on this list has zero to do with the fiasco, and everything to do with what happened before they took the field to face the with a practice squad wideout taking
Rickey Henderson Jersey snaps under center -- thanks to all of their QBs going on the COVID/Reserve list. The bottom line is, that notwithstanding, it's been an up-and-down ride between Fangio and the Broncos, with far more downs than ups thus far. The team enjoyed an upswing on the back end of 2019 after a severely poor start to the season, and it coincided with the return of then-rookie second-round pick from injured reserve -- logging a 4-1 record in his first five games as the team's starting quarterback. That was then and this is now, however, and Lock has regre sed under Fangio in Year 2, leading to the latter admitting publicly heading into Week 11 that, having seen him throw four interceptions in a recent blowout lo s to the .The Broncos are now 4-7 on the season and 11-16 since Fangio took the reins in 2019, which is hardly what general manager John Elway had in mind when making yet another change at head coach -- their second in three seasons following the decision of Gary Kubiak to step down due to health i sues. Fangio hasn't much improved the team (if at all) over the era of Vance Joseph, who was fired after two seasons and an 11-21 overall record. The presence and potential of Lock makes for an intriguing consideration going forward regarding Fangio, who has seen his play-calling brought into question before, and he's also made several ill-fated decisions late in games that have led to the Broncos surrendering the lead in the final 30 seconds of six games under Fangio. They went on to lose four of those six contests, dropped three of their last four games before narrowly edging the Miami Dolphins in Week 11, and have a brutal schedule that could see them eek out only one more win in the final five games.Elway isn't known to be a
Kendall Graveman Jersey patient man, and Fangio is truly testing that virtue in Denver.I don't see this change happenin