Folks, Black Monday is upon us. This is the time of the yr the place coaches who aren’t within the playoffs resolve to make teaching modifications and go in numerous instructions with their franchise.

Coaches will inevitably get fired on Monday and the thrill will start. Candidates might be dropped on Twitter faster than a hiccup and sizzling boards might be made, however many of the high candidates would be the similar.

Here’s your tracker of all of the NFL coach firings, full with a proof for why and potential candidates.

Houston Texans hearth Lovie Smith

This truthfully felt inevitable. Lovie Smith wasn’t the Texans first selection, most likely wasn’t the second selection both. He was given a poor roster with a QB that was greater than probably a lame duck. Firing one other Black coach after one yr can also be one thing that must be mentioned.

With that being mentioned, the Texans had been a very dangerous soccer staff. The offense felt archaic and lacked explosiveness, whereas the protection simply didn’t have sufficient affect playmakers. Smith was most likely not given a good shake, however that staff and that roster had been each extraordinarily dangerous.

I’m undecided how engaging of a job this might be. There’s no QB in place and there’s few younger affect gamers on the roster (Jalen Pitre and Derek Stingley are each excellent within the secondary). However, the most important landmine right here is the GM. Nick Caserio won’t be there when the coach is employed, but when he’s, it’ll be the third HC he’s employed in three years. Not precisely the very best monitor file. I’d be cautious.

Coaches to be careful for: Demeco Ryans, 49ers DC, Jonathan Gannon, Eagles DC, Shane Steichen, Eagles OC