With five weeks of action in the books, the losses have started to pile up for a number of NFL teams. With losses come uneasy fan bases, and with uneasy fan bases come edgy owners with itchy fingers, and with edgy owners and itchy fingers come coaches on hot seats.
It’s rare that in-season coach firings prompt season-saving improvements, but that doesn’t always stop owners from pulling the trigger to at the least, give the impression that hope is on the way. Some, however, will elect to endure the season and then make changes in the offseason.
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Entering Week 6, one winless team (the New York Jets led by rookie coach Aaron Glenn) remains. Another seven own 1-4 records, including the New Orleans Saints and their first-year coach Kellen Moore, who got his first win on Sunday. It would appear both Glenn and Moore will receive a little time to try to rebuild their teams. But not everyone will be so lucky.
For some coaches, the writing is already on the wall.
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