3 NFL head coaches already on the hot seat after Week 1

The sooner the Minnesota Vikings accept it is over with Mike Zimmer, the better

It is not officially over, but it is over. The Mike Zimmer era of Minnesota Vikings football needs to come to an end after this season. If you want to be a Wild Card team and lose to the Cincinnati Bengals in overtime, what does that say? It says the Vikings need to blow this thing up and undergo a major rebuilding process. They have hit their ceiling under Zimmer, and we know it.

Even though Cincinnati could be a halfway decent team this year, that is all the Vikings will be under Zimmer going forward. His trademark defense is no longer among the best in football. Kirk Cousins continues to be a more expensive and lesser quarterback than Case Keenum was in that magical 2017 season. You can feel the tension in the building, no matter where you call home.

Ultimately, this was one of those losses where you just may not come back from. It is one Zac Taylor, Joe Burrow and the rest of the Bengals can build on, but how do you keep lying to yourself that you are a playoff contender if you are the Vikings after this? It has been a good ride, but it is one that is coming to an end. Zimmer may get to finish out the season, but this is his last season.

While Falcons and Jaguars fans are convincing themselves their head coaches are going one-and-done before the sun sets on the first Sunday of NFL season, we must remember it is a long year. However, Colts, Titans and Vikings fans cannot like what they saw out of Reich, Vrabel and Zimmer respectively on Sunday. They actually made Mike McCarthy look like a quality NFL head coach…

Here is to all the coaches who looked awful in the early-afternoon window doing better next week.