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Hot Seat Szn: The NFL Coaching Carousel

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Black Monday, the day after the final Sunday in the NFL's regular season, is when head coaches often transition from the hot seat to the unemployment line. And it's approaching quickly. But what lands coaches on the hot seat in the first place? ESPN NFL Insider Dan Graziano joins Mina Kimes to discuss how coaches wind up with job insecurity, and how they can avoid the chopping block. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Jason Garrett is done and we talk about it every single year about how, you know, hey, he's on the hot seat.

0:07.0

Well, this thing right now, dude, he ought to be getting boxes to his house.

0:16.0

It happens every year when the NFL season winds down.

0:20.0

Coaches on losing teams across the league are feeling the heat.

0:24.6

As the ritual known as Black Monday approaches, we break down which seats are the warmest,

0:30.6

and who might be next in line for the biggest jobs in the NFL?

0:34.6

I mean it, Kimes.

0:36.6

It's Friday, December 20th. This is ESPN Daily, presented by Indeed.

0:52.9

Dan, how you doing? I'm good. Minas, week 16. Dan, how you doing?

0:54.3

I'm good, Mina's week 16.

0:57.5

Dan Graziano is an NFL insider for ESPN.

1:01.1

Well, you know, with week 16 for some teams, it's very exciting.

1:06.3

We're looking towards the playoffs.

1:08.3

With other teams and other fan bases, it's hot seat season.

1:12.7

Dan, can you explain to us how you know when a coach is on the hot seat?

1:17.1

Usually it's either there's some sort of turmoil, like the locker room is losing its mind,

1:22.3

or there's like some kind of internal tension between the coach and the front office, or it's a coach that's been

1:29.9

there a while and kind of is on his second or third chance, and he's still, like, limping

1:34.8

toward five and 11. And, you know, I think those are pretty much kind of the obvious signs.

1:40.1

And then I think you just sort of have to start poking around and ask the people in charge,

1:44.3

do you think you'll make a change here?

1:45.7

And you can find out, yes, you can find out no, sometimes.

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