The 2017 NFL season is coming down the home stretch, which means everything from jockeying for playoff position to teams pretending they're not tanking, but in reality they're pretty much tanking (here's look at you Giants).
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This is also the time of year when NFL coaching hot seats go from warm to simmering to all-out boiling depending on how badly their squads play down the stretch.
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COFFARO: Potential Replacements for Giants' Coach Ben McAdoo
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Who's in the most danger? These nine head coaches could be in the most jeopardy of looking for a new gig by season's end.
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Ben McAdoo – New York Giants
From throwing his players under the bus to less-than-inspirational halftime speeches to the clumsy benching of Eli Manning, the Ben McAdoo era should be coming to an end soon.
At least the Giants are currently looking at a top three pick behind only the Browns and 49ers.
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Hue Jackson – Cleveland Browns
Speaking of the Browns, Hue Jackson may of have little talent and playmakers on his squad the past two years, but he really can't hide from his 1-26 career record in Cleveland, including 0-11 out the gate this year.
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Marvin Lewis – Cincinnati Bengals
Second in the NFL as the longest tenured head coach behind only Bill Belichick, Lewis has led the Bengals to four AFC North crowns and seven playoff appearances.
Under Lewis' watch, however, Cincinnati is 0-7 in those postseason games, the team went 6-9-1 last year and will definitely miss the playoffs again in 2017. Along with a history signing players of questionable character, it might be time for a change.
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Chuck Pagano – Indianapolis Colts
From the apparent mismanagement of Andrew Luck's shoulder injury to a disastrous 3-8 start, 2017 feels like the year Pagano and owner Jim Irsay finally part ways.
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Jack Del Rio – Oakland Raiders
No team has underachieved more in 2017 than the Oakland Raiders.
After looking like it would win the AFC West last season and snag a first round bye, QB David Carr went down for the year in week 16, Oakland lost to a mediocre Houston Texans squad in the AFC Wild Card game, and this year they're are off to a disappointing 5-6 start.
The good news for Del Rio is that the division is so bad his team is only one game behind the 6-5 Kansas City Chiefs.
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John Fox – Chicago Bears
Fox has a career 12-30 mark with the Bears thus far, including just 3-8 this year to go along with the questionable decision during the 2017 NFL Draft to trade the farm for a QB out of North Carolina that probably would have still been on the board anyway had Chicago not moved up.
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Dirk Koetter – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Probably the league's second most disappointing team behind the Raiders, big things were expected in the offseason from a Tampa Bay squad that showed a lot of promise in 2016 by going 9-7.
At 4-7 this year, and Jon Gruden rumors swirling, Koetter could be on the chopping block.
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Bruce Arians – Arizona Cardinals
From Carson Palmer behind center to Bruce Arians at the helm, the Cardinals just feel like a team whose prime has come and gone, and it's time to start from scratch.
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Jason Garrett – Dallas Cowboys
Owner Jerry Jones has stuck by Garrett before and always gives him votes of confidence, but if the 5-6 Cowboys continue to go sideways this year and finish with double-digit loses, don't be surprised if Jones finally snaps.
