NFL Hot Seat: 5 Coaches who must win in Week 16

With the NFL regular season almost over, these five head coaches need a win in Week 16 to avoid losing their jobs.

The hot seat is ramping up for a number of NFL head coaches as the season winds down, and there have already been a couple of casualties before the year has even ended.

Los Angeles Rams head coach Jeff Fisher was the first to be shown the door, and now the Jacksonville Jaguars have parted ways with Gus Bradley. Unfortunately for some head coaches, these won’t be the last firings before the 2017 season begins.

With two head coaches already gone, here are five more who need to get a win in Week 16 to try and avoid getting canned after the season is over.

I covered the Indianapolis Colts for three seasons, and I can safely tell you that there are some fans who are actually upset that this team blew out the Minnesota Vikings. The main reason for that is that it could help Chuck Pagano and general manager Ryan Grigson keep their jobs.

The Colts are now 7-7 after last week’s 34-6 victory, but their chances of making the playoffs are quickly fading away. What’s worse is that the AFC South is still one of the weaker divisions in football, and yet the Colts still couldn’t even take advantage of that.

Some Colts fans were hoping that the team would lie down, fire Pagano and/or Grigson and start building a legitimate contender around Andrew Luck. Instead, the Colts are going to finish with a mediocre record and likely miss the postseason for the second straight year.

However, there’s still a chance that Pagano is gone after 2016, especially if the Colts don’t show up this week against a talented Oakland Raiders team. If Derek Carr and company tear the Colts to shreds, Pagano’s job security could come back into question.