Job security is mostly a mirage for NFL head coaches. While some mainstays are effectively employed for life — Bill Belichick, Andy Reid, Pete Carroll — the majority of the league’s play-callers are subject to constant review and criticism.
18 weeks of the regular season all lead to one decisive moment for the league’s struggling coaches: Black Monday. That’s the day that, with a frustrating regular season in the books, franchises either decide to clear the decks or give a downtrodden coach one more chance to steer the ship in the right direction.
The 2022 season is still in its infancy, but with four weeks of results and in some cases years of disappointment to back them up, we have a good idea which coaches will have to sweat out Black Monday and who may not even make it that far. The first month of the season presented a blank canvas for bad decisions. These six coaches took that opportunity to create art.