2017 NFL Coaching Hot Seat: The Death Spirals Begin
By Erik Lambert
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John Fox (Chicago Bears)
Things were bad enough for Fox after that ugly loss to Green Bay in Chicago with Brett Hundley at quarterback. It’s only gotten worse after a 31-3 disaster in Philadelphia. Once again the Bears looked unprepared and flat. Not a good thing to have happen against the best team in the NFL. This is a problem that has persisted for them all year, and that falls at the feet of their head coach. He’s now on the cusp of posting the worst winning percentage of any coach in franchise history. Considering it’s the oldest franchise in football, that’s saying something.
Hue Jackson (Cleveland Browns)
What else is there to say? Jackson has one victory in his Browns coaching career with five games left to go in his second season. It doesn’t get much worse than that. Rumors persist that a divide lingers between his staff and the front office. The losing each week is only making matters worse. Given how finnecky this ownership is, the odds of Jackson somehow surviving into a third years seems like a virtual impossibility at this point barring a late run to finish the year.