NFL coaches who could be on hot seat
NFL head coaches are just one preseason game away from shifting gears toward serious prep work for opening day.
Of course, that's also when scrutiny will intensify on a profession that typically turns over at least a half-dozen of its ranks on an annual basis (there are seven new sideline bosses in 2018).
Here are some coaches who seem likeliest to find themselves in jeopardy this season.
Tampa Bay's first three games are against teams (Saints, Eagles, Steelers) that collectively finished 37-11 in 2017. Koetter will be further hamstrung during that stretch while his starting quarterback, Jameis Winston, is exiled by a personal conduct suspension. As if the deck wasn't already stacked against a guy who's gone 14-18 without a postseason trip in two seasons and in a division that sent its other three clubs to the playoffs last season.
Since winning Super Bowl XLVII following the 2012 season, Baltimore has reached the playoffs once. The Ravens only needed to beat a middling-at-best Bengals team at home in Week 17 last year to punch a ticket to the tourney but couldn't prevent Andy Dalton from gifting Buffalo into the postseason. Owner Steve Bisciotti admitted in February that he considered firing Harbaugh, not necessarily the vote of confidence one would want for a franchise already poised to make changes at general manager and quarterback.