NFL hot seat watch, Week 13: Who is feeling the heat?

Will Lovie Smith even survive the Houston Texans’ tank job to get the No. 1 pick?

We know that he can grow a beard, but how sure are we Lovie Smith wins another game as an NFL head coach? The Houston Texans have lost a league-worst six games in a row to stumble to 1-9-1 on the season. The only other team in the NFL guaranteed to not have a winning season are the 3-9 Chicago Bears, who are riding a five-game losing streak under their first-time head coach.

The big difference here is the Bears have shown signs that things could get better eventually. Frankly, the World Series champion Houston Astros might only be a touchdown worse on a neutral site over whatever the hell Smith and the Texans have devolved into. The Texans may end up with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, but Smith may not be around to coach him.

There are incredibly painful rebuilds, and then there are the Texans digging their nadir even deeper.

Matt LaFleur is the dying Christmas tree going to the curb after New Year’s Day

It is a better time to be a Wisconsin Badgers fan than a Green Bay Packers fan because at least with Luke Fickell coming over from Cincinnati, you have some hope.

Congratulations, Packers! You successfully transplanted the least successful branch of the Mike Shanahan coaching tree into the Frozen Tundra. No wonder you guys are having a hard time winning games under Matt LaFleur…

For a few years, you could convince yourselves that all was good because the tree was still technically alive. Aaron Rodgers poured countless gallons of water at the base of the Christmas tree, hoping roots would sprout from the living room floor. This comes as quite a shock, I know, but sometimes you have to dump a Christmas tree in the driveway like Jimbo Fisher did in Tallahassee.

If Geoff Schwartz’s wife was running the Packers’ front office, he would be out Christmas morning.