It’s one of the toughest times of the NFL calendar. The end of the regular season has been unofficially dubbed “Black Monday” for the head coaches, general managers, and coordinators who will ultimately lose their jobs. In some cases, a relationship has simply run its course, and a business-driven league demands results. In others, like the Tennessee Titans’ dismissal of head coach Mike Vrabel, change is simply made for the sake of change, and a franchise may quickly come to regret its decision.
Here is the list of all current openings around the league, and the legacy those fired left behind.
Role: Seattle Seahawks head coach
Tenure: 13 years
Record: 137-89-1
Accolades: Super Bowl XLVIII champion, Legion of Boom orchestrator, moved on from Russell Wilson and made Geno Smith cool
Role: New York Giants defensive coordinator
Accolades: Forced thousands of people to call a grown man “Wink,” made zero blitzes cool again
Role: Chicago Bears offensive coordinator
Accolades: Made Justin Fields look interesting enough to make drafting a quarterback No. 1 overall this year a semi-legitimate conversation
Role: Tennessee Titans head coach
Tenure: 6 years
Record: 54-45
Accolades: Back-to-back division wins, 2021 Coach of the Year
Role: Washington Commanders head coach
Tenure: 4 years
Record: 26-40-1
Accolades: Beat cancer while still coaching team, made the playoffs with Taylor Heinicke
Role: Carolina Panthers GM
Accolades: Outlasted Matt Rhule
Role: Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator
Accolades: Finished with a 10th-ranked defense by DVOA and still got fired
Role: Atlanta Falcons head coach
Tenure: 3 years
Record: 21-30
Accolades: Routinely pissed off those who play fantasy football
Role: Los Angeles Chargers head coach
Tenure: 3 years
Record: 24-24
Accolades: Dubbed an analytics darling for, like, half a season
Role: Los Angeles Chargers GM
Accolades: Drafted Justin Herbert, added a bunch of washed, expensive defensive talent
Role: Carolina Panthers head coach
Tenure: Less than 1 season
Record: 1-10
Accolades: Wanted to draft C.J. Stroud over Bryce Young, but got overruled.
Role: Washington Commanders defensive coordinator
Accolades: Only person in the NFL fined for Jan. 6 remarks
Role: Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator
Accolades: Four-year Steelers tenure bookended by 400-yard offensive outbursts despite never having one as an OC
Role: Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator
Accolades: Bills offense was third in EPA/Play before Dorsey’s firing and sixth in EPA after firing, per RBSDM
Role: Las Vegas Raiders head coach
Tenure: 2 seasons
Record: 9-16
Accolades: Somehow finished with a bottom-five offense despite having Davante Adams, Josh Jacobs, former Patriot Jakobi Meyers, and his choice of quarterback.
Role: Las Vegas Raiders GM
Accolades: Landed Davante Adams in a trade
Role: Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator
Accolades: Squandered one of the most expensive offensive rosters in the NFL
