HOT SEAT | Will These 4 NFL Coaches Survive A Streak Eight Years In The Making?

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🗓️ 8 July 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

NFL head coaches are on notice as the league faces the possibility of a coach being fired before November 1st for a ninth straight season. Can Zac Taylor survive the Cincinnati Bengals’ trademark slow starts, or is his tenure at risk if Joe Burrow and company stumble out of the gate again? Todd Bowles’ Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Aaron Glenn’s New York Jets, and Dan Quinn’s Washington Commanders headline the list of coaches under the microscope, with mounting defensive struggles and fan frustration intensifying the pressure. Kyle Crabbs analyzes which teams are best positioned—or most vulnerable—to make a midseason coaching change, exploring critical early matchups, the impact of underperforming defenses, and which squads have strong interim candidates ready to step in. Are the league’s boldest franchises headed for another coaching shake-up, or will this year finally snap the NFL’s wild firing streak? Don’t miss this high-stakes breakdown of the league’s hottest seats and looming turning points.

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0:00.0	You will not believe how many straight years we have seen an NFL coach not make it to
0:06.2	Who makes the list this year?
0:13.7	You are locked on NFL scouting with the draft dudes,
0:18.8	your daily podcast for NFL and college football scouting, part of the
0:23.2	Locked-on podcast network, your team every day.
0:27.1	What is better than this?
0:29.3	It's guys being dues here on the Locked-on NFL scouting podcast.
0:33.5	I'm your host, Cowcaps, typically joined by Joe Marino, but Joe's on vacation this week.
0:39.2	So we're going to rock solo here on Wednesday, July 8th.
0:42.3	Appreciate each and every one of you for checking out the show.
0:45.9	Got a fun little topic cooked up, no offense meant for any of the coaches that we're going
0:51.4	to talk about here on today's program.
0:53.3	But when I found this stat out, I knew when I had a standalone day, this was the topic
0:59.1	that we were going to discuss.
1:01.1	How many years, if you had to guess off the top of your head, have we seen a coach in the
1:06.2	NFL not make it from the start of the season to November 1st.
1:11.8	How many straight seasons?
1:14.5	The answer is eight.
1:17.0	Eight consecutive seasons.
1:19.5	That's names like Hugh Jackson,
1:22.0	Josh McDaniels,
1:23.7	Brian Callahan,
	...

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