Kliff Kingsbury out in Arizona, Lovie Smith fired by Texans, and the rest of Black Monday with Mike Sando
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🗓️ 10 January 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Black Monday is one of the unfortunate realities of life in the NFL. Robert Mays and Mike Sando break down the moves that were made on Monday (and before), and what comes next for the teams involved, on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
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2:15 Kliff Kingsbury, Steve Keim out in Arizona
11:41 Texans fire Lovie Smith
24:12 Joe Woods done in Cleveland
30:28 What's next for Sean McVay?
37:44 The Broncos' head coach search
52:40 The Panthers' head coach search
59:01 The Titans need a new GM
67:11 The Colts' head coach search
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| 0:47.7 | Welcome. |
| 0:48.7 | It's the athletic football show. |
| 0:50.2 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:51.0 | Joining me today. |
| 0:52.2 | It's the athletic zone. |
| 0:53.0 | Mike, |
| 0:53.6 | how you doing? |
| 1:11.2 | I'm doing very well. Thank you, Robert. Week 18 in the books, always a tough day in the NFL world. A lot of guys losing their jobs today. And I think that it's important to kind of set that tone early. We're going to talk about a lot of those firings and a lot of the movement that has occurred on Black Monday so far. |
| 1:14.7 | But it's going to be a difficult day for a lot of people, a lot of their families. |
| 1:17.2 | And we're going to have to talk about it because that's what we do. |
| 1:19.8 | But I think it's important to acknowledge that right off the bat. |
| 1:20.9 | Absolutely. |
| 1:24.5 | It's a business, but it's humans in the business. And sometimes we talk about this guy was cut, that guy was fired, this guy should be fired, |
| 1:29.6 | and don't always acknowledge how difficult it is for them, their families moving around |
| 1:35.8 | all that. |
| 1:36.5 | We'll talk about a couple guys where it might be a little bit easier than others from some reports |
| 1:40.9 | earlier today. |
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