Tag: Frank Reich fired

Carolina Panthers fire head coach Frank Reich after 1-10 start to the season

The Carolina Panthers have fired head coach Frank Reich, making Reich the third coach owner David Tepper has fired mid-season since 2019.

The 1-10 Carolina Panthers have fired head coach Frank Reich after their 17-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. It’s a whipsaw decision by owner David Tepper, as he hired Reich in January. But little has gone well for the NFL’s worst team by record, and after the Titans loss, it was clear that Tepper has had just about enough. Now, between Reich, Matt Rhule, and Ron Rovera, Tepper has fired three different head coaches in mid-season since 2019.

The Panthers traded up to the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft to select Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. It’s not entirely Young’s fault, but his rookie season has been mostly a disaster — he’s completed 216 of 350 passes for 1,877 yards, nine touchdowns, eight interceptions, and a passer rating of 74.9. Especially in comparison with C.J. Stroud, selected by the Houston Texans with the second overall pick, it’s hard not to peg the draft pick as a mistake.

That said, it’s about more than just Reich and the quarterback. The Panthers are not a talent-laden team at any position or position group, and whoever inherits this job in the long term will have to deal with the same disconnect between the obvious rebuild on the field, and Tepper’s expectations. And that head coach will not have a first overall pick to move that process forward — the Bears own Carolina’s 2024 first-round pick as a result of the Young trade.

Frank Reich’s inability to find the right quarterback led to his downfall with Colts

The Indianapolis Colts have fired head coach Frank Reich, whose inability to find the right quarterback led to his downfall.

Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich became the second NFL head coach fired this season, following Matt Rhule of the Carolina Panthers earlier this season. The Colts made the decision with Reich on Monday morning, per multiple reports. Reich was in his fifth season as the Colts’ head coach, compiling a 40-33-1 regular-season record, and 1-2 in the postseason.

On Sunday, the Colts lost 26-3 to the New England Patriots. New England’s defense demolished Indy’s sub-par offensive line for nine sacks, quarterback Sam Ehlinger completed 15 of 29 passes for 103 yards and an interception, and the Colts amassed just 78 rushing yards on 22 carries. That put the Colts’ record at 3-5-1 on the season.

That Ehlinger, s second-year developmental quarterback, was starting this game in the first place strikes at the heart of what was so problematic for Reich in his time with the Colts — the inability to get the right franchise quarterback in the wake of Andrew Luck’s bombshell retirement after the 2018 season. Reich and his staff were left with Jacoby Brissett as an emergency option in 2019, and nobody could have blamed Reich for that, but none of his quarterback preferences worked out from there.

The Colts tried to work with Philip Rivers about three years too late in 2020. Then, the misshapen reunion with Carson Wentz, who worked with Reich in Philadelphia. Then, the decision to trade for Matt Ryan in 2022 — as it turned out, Ryan was on the Rivers three-years-too-late plan, and Ryan was recently benched in favor of Ehlinger.

It’s a common and correct axiom in the NFL that if you can’t hit on the right quarterback for your franchise, little else matters. This was true in the case of the Colts, and Reich found that out the hard way on Monday.

Former Eagles OC Frank Reich fired by the Colts

Frank Reich is out in Indianapolis as the Colts have relieved the head coach of his duties ahead of the Week 10 matchup against the Raiders and Week 11 matchup against the Eagles

Frank Reich is out as head coach of the Colts just days before their Week 10 matchup against the Raiders and two weeks ahead of their Week 11 game against the undefeated Eagles.

Reich compiled a 40-33 record as the Colts’ head coach, a job he took in 2018 after leading Philadelphia’s offense to a Super Bowl upset over the favored New England Patriots.

Indianapolis was 3-5-1 this season before Irsay made a move.

Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni has always spoken glowingly about his former boss.

Reich will likely be the first person called if Philadelphia offensive coordinator Shane Steichen lands a head coaching job.

[mm-video type=playlist id=01eqbx4gfbwm323hbt player_id=none image=https://theeagleswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/plugins/mm-video/images/playlist-icon.png]

[pickup_prop id=”29686″]

[vertical-gallery id=675067]

[listicle id=675027]

[listicle id=675272]

[listicle id=675284]

[lawrence-related id=675260,675239,675041]