With the end of the NFL regular season underway, and the playoffs beginning in order to crown a new champion, it’s obvious that the teams that have been already eliminated from contention need change. Most of the responsibility falls on the head coaches of underperforming teams, rather than the players, therefore around this time every season, the coach firing armageddon begins.

This season, there are now ten head coaching vacancies around the league. The Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Las Vegas Raiders, Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, New York Giants and Buffalo Bills are the teams with open head coaching spots.

The most significant firings include former two-time coach of the year award winner Kevin Stefanski of the Browns, and former Super-Bowl champion John Harbaugh of the Ravens. Mike Tomlin, who was tenured with the Steelers since 2007, stepped down from his role after reports of his firing were on the horizon, even with the Steelers making the playoffs this season. After many seasons of mediocrity for the Steelers, it makes sense as to why they looked to move on from Tomlin, after not winning a single playoff game since 2017.

Raheem Morris of the Atlanta Falcons failed to meet fan expectations in his two year tenure with the team, despite having a star-ridden roster with many offensive and defensive weapons like RB Bijan Robinson, WR Drake London, TE Kyle Pitts and S Jessie Bates III. The team came short of making the playoffs in both years in a weak NFC South division, with Morris making costly coaching decisions in big games.

With all these coaching positions open, it’s inevitable that many of these fired coaches go to new teams that either need a new head coach or possibly a smaller role as an offensive coordinator or defensive coordinator.