We are now four games into a 17-game season, which may feel too early to bring up the term “hot seat.” But I promise you, it’s not. With teams like the Raiders and Giants enjoying fast starts after recent seasons that resulted in top-five picks, owners are once again keyed on the simplest and most cost-effective fix for their underperforming organizations: a coaching change.
When discussing the state of affairs with one industry source this week, we wondered whether this season would buck the trend where there’s typically a quiet year on the coaching turnover front after a season of large-scale change. There were 10 coaching changes in the NFL last offseason, which would lead one to believe that there might not be much turnover on the horizon. There are a few factors that I think may challenge that truism:
