Black Monday is a brutal one for the 18 NFL coaches that failed to make the playoffs. That’s the day they’re most likely to get called into an uncomfortable meeting with franchise ownership, then asked to pack up their offices.
2025 might be a little light on firings, but that’s only because we’ve already had a busy season of turnover. Four teams — the New York Jets, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears and New England Patriots have already fired their head coaches. All but the Patriots did so in the middle of the 2024 regular season.
Let’s break down the names and whether they deserved it:
