it’s time for this time NFL The season when teams start to take shape. It has become clear which teams will compete for the league championship and play-offs and which teams will start preparations for the offseason.

With team success (or failure) comes coaching decisions. Which of the competing teams still believe in their coaches and which are ready to move on? As of now, the list of which teams are looking for a new team is not very long.

That said, there are certainly some teams whose coaches are on the hot seat and possibly even on their way out the door.

Let’s take a look at the teams with some questions to answer. After the 8th week, where every NFL team playsThere are a few coaches who are closer to being fired than returning next season. As losses increase, so do the investigations. Here are some coaches who are on the hot seat.

I think losing your job in the first year of your contract is harder than keeping it, though. Jerod Mayo proves that this may not be true. Mayo didn’t have a great start to his tenure. new england. Before Sunday’s three-point victory over the equally bad New York Jets, the Patriots had given up six straight points.

The Patriots entered the post-Tom Brady era with optimism. Of course, they knew it wouldn’t be easy because you can’t replace Brady. It was never going to be easy because it was the same guy in the middle for 20 seasons in a row. Very few teams have this continuity at point guard.

But when Mayo is on the verge lose the locker room With some of his comments, the Patriots’ failure to build on Sunday’s win might be something to keep an eye on, just after one season they might hit the reset button on the manager.

They couldn’t find a franchise quarterback. Mac Jones didn’t pan out the way they wanted and there are still a lot of questions about whether it will happen. Drake Maye He could be that guy to turn things around. But whether he wants it or not, Mayo’s job doesn’t depend on having a quarterback.

He went out of his way to publicly criticize his team, even calling them “soft”, which caused a lot of criticism. Trying to get your team going is one thing, but calling a bunch of grown men soft isn’t going to be a good sign of moving forward.

I’m not saying Mayo is out for good, but Sunday’s win better start a winning streak or they could be eliminated from New England by the end of the season.

This is unlikely but if Cincinnati I can’t figure out how to string together some wins, Taylor’s The back of his office at Paycor Stadium might be starting to get hot. The Bengals have just three wins this season and were embarrassed at home against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Sunday was a game where the Bengals needed to prove they could turn the season around. Instead, it gave fans more questions than answers. It’s Taylor’s job to figure out how to fix the Bengals’ problems. They had too many turnovers and were barely stopped.

Cincinnati realized they had found their long-term coach in what seemed like such a long time ago when they played in the Super Bowl (three seasons ago). But they’ve only made the playoffs once since then and haven’t figured out how to get back to the postseason.

But it’s not all over yet for Cincinnati. The Bengals have three games left before their bye week, and all three are winnable. The Las Vegas Raiders are also struggling, the Baltimore Ravens needed overtime to beat them earlier this year, and the Chargers aren’t a crazy threat either.

If Cincinnati isn’t .500 or better at halftime, Taylor could play for his job the rest of the way.

Doug Pederson probably won’t be there jacksonville on the sidelines next year. The Jaguars signed Trevor Lawrence to a lucrative contract, and only Deshaun Watson is playing worse per dollar earned. The Jaguars haven’t improved much since Pederson took the job back in 2022.

They finished 9-8 in each of the last two seasons, sneaked into the playoffs in 2022 and stunned the Los Angeles Chargers with a wild comeback in the playoffs. Last year, they started 8-3 before losing five of their last six games.

And they have just two wins in eight matches this season. It looks like we’ve seen just how far Pederson can take the Jaguars. Even if they (somewhat) have a winning season in 2024, that shouldn’t be enough to prove to Shad Khan that he’s worth bringing back in 2025.