COACH HOT SEAT RANKINGS
1. KEVIN STEFANSKI, Cleveland. I'll say what I've always said, it isn't really Steafnski's fault. It's the front office's fault for putting so much on such a flawed human in Deshaun Watson, but they're stuck with him. At this point the season is lost and a mid-season firing makes no sense, but this is the Browns. If the Bengals clobber them this week it could happen. Bye week isn't until November 10th, but they'd be 1-6 and that wouldn't matter. We could see the first former Lions Head Coach (Jim Schwartz) become a Head Coach again since the 60s?
2. DOUG PEDERSON, Jacksonville. Two years ago, the Jaguars were right there with the Lions as teams about to take over their division and be the class of the conference. While the Lions are in a dogfight with 2 really good teams (I'll believe the Bears when they start playing tougher teams), Jacksonville has now watched the Texans and Colts pass them by. They're bottom-feeding with the Titans, but the problem is the Titans were expected to have a bad year. They are playing in front of the whole country again and if the 1-5 Patriots embarrass them, Doug and his family can stay in London and make a nice vacation out of it. Could this be a spot for Vrabel?
3. ANTONIO PIERCE, Las Vegas. KC in the division. The Chargers have a real Head Coach and now the Broncos are waking up from their coma. Vegas is a perpetual mess. I'll keep going back to the fact that they never should have fired Rich Bisaccia. Why can't they find a QB? They had a good one in Carr and Josh McArsehole pushed him in front of the bus. The Raiders have a reactionary history. Now Brady is part of the ownership? Cue the circus music. Could Belichick actually work for Brady? LOL
4. NICK SIRIANI, Phiadelphia. Should he be on the Hot Seat? Well, he's in Philly, so he is. Chirping at fans at a home game is not a good sign.
5. JONATHAN GANNON, Arizona. A lot of people felt Kyler Murray was overrated. Sure, a ton of natural athletic talent, but is he a leader? Gannon's job was to bring that out of him and it doesn't seem to be working. The 49ers look shaky, the Seahawks are a .500 team, the Rams run is done. This was a perfect opportunity for the Cardinals to step up and well, they are 2-4. They need to start winning right now because I think the 49ers are about to get it together.
6. MIKE McCARTHY, Dallas. He'd be #1 if I thought Jerry would make a mid-season move. He could if the Cowboys have another game like last week (that was fun). But that team is SOFT. After that first Branch interception, they quit. But so much of this is on Prescott. He puts up gaudy numbers, but he's not a winner. On a soft team he's the soft, gooey center. Those numbers demand a huge contract, but the team would probably be much better off with a tough game manager. Stafford would make this team a whole lot better - instantly. The Bill Belichick rumors will be flying, but Jerry would never relinquish control. Jerry is going to offer Ben Johnson an awful lot of money.
7. **SEAN McVAY, LA Rams. (** - Not getting fired, but retiring). The Rams mortgaged their future trading so many draft picks and they got the ring and now is the price they pay. There have been rumors of him stepping away for a couple of years now. This would most likely be the time. I don't think he's done coaching forever. He's still young, he'll be on TV somewhere and after his kids grow up, he'll coach again. If the Lions mortgaged their future and got a ring out of it, I'd be fine with that. I could absolutely see Stafford in Miam this season and the Rams getting a couple of picks back. Tua's done.
8. AARON RODGERS, NY Jets. Okay, they got him another weapon (he had enough already). I don't see Team President Aaron Rodgers and Jets GM Aaron Rodgers, firing Aaron Rodgers, but who knows. Bye week is late November. Maybe he'll go drink a bunch of ayahuasca tea and crap all this negativity away in the woods. It'll be too late to save the season. I would love to see the Steelers defense dismantle him. Lions are my #1 team this week, Steelers are the runner up. I was going to say the Steelers are #2, but Aarons the REAL #2, isn't he.
The Lions were also 0-5 vs. Dak Prescott. But do not let up here. This is the absolute definition of a Trap Game. This Lions coaching staff won't relent at all, but it's natural for young men to lose a little intensity after the last two emotional highs when they see the other team at 1-6.
