The 2025 NFL season is eight weeks in, and the seats of some league coaches are feeling the heat amid lackluster campaigns.

Since the season keeps going into early January, there’s always time for these seven NFL head coaches to turn things around and lower the temperature on their job security. However, right now, these guys are in the spotlight.

NFL: Week.8 sucked

We’ve discussed why these seven NFL head coaches could be on the outs with their programs after the season concludes, all for varying lowlights during the 2025 season.

While the book hasn’t slammed shut on any of these guys just yet, you do wonder what varying degrees of heat all of these guys are feeling right now and what the end results will be. Let’s dive in.

FALCONS: They’re the NFL’s butt of the joke

The Cardinals are in the midst of a five-game losing streak, including one humiliating loss to the lowly Tennessee Titans. Arizona has lost all five of those games by four points or less, highlighting what a brutal stretch this really is for Gannon’s Cardinals. The inability to finish games is a backbreaker for a coach in his third year. An ugly sideline moment with an Arizona player left him with one of the coaching lowlights of the season. If the Cardinals can’t get the ship righted and start winning games, Gannon may find himself out of a job. The NFC West is a boxing ring this year, and the Cardinals have already gotten behind the crowd. Major changes might be headed for Arizona.

Daboll is coaching on borrowed time. In his fourth year as New York’s head coach, he’s presiding over yet another likely losing campaign. The Giants have sunk low in recent years, and Daboll’s promising 2022 debut feels like a distant memory at this point. Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart looks like he could be somebody, but can the Giants trust Daboll to develop Dart and build a winner around him? If the Giants keep losing, Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen may find themselves on the outside looking in on two of the more intriguing openings in the 2026 cycle.

Mike McDaniel, Miami Dolphins

McDaniel’s Dolphins team looked dead in the water before walloping the Atlanta Falcons on the road on Sunday. The team looked completely rejuvenated, if only for a week. Getting the team’s second win over a maddeningly inconsistent Falcons team should keep McDaniel in his job for the meantime. However, repeating Sunday’s success will be absolutely critical to keep him and general manager Chris Grier around in Miami past the 2025 season. If the Dolphins slip back into bad habits on both sides of the ball, McDaniel and Grier may well take the fall in the winter.

Raheem Morris, Atlanta Falcons

Two weeks ago, it would have seemed silly to put Morris on this list after his team upset the Buffalo Bills in prime time. However, the past two weeks have dropped Atlanta to 3-4. Sunday’s Dolphins loss is one of the franchise’s worst defeats in the past decade. The Falcons objectively hold two of the worst losses of the 2025 season between Sunday’s Dolphins disaster and the 30-0 shutout loss to the Carolina Panthers in September. Morris is only in his second season, but the Falcons can’t risk the overall development of young quarterback Michael Penix Jr. If Atlanta cannot figure out how to win consistently down the stretch (and ugly losses keep piling up), it’s hard to see the Falcons keeping Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot around for another year. Atlanta has real talent on both sides of the ball, but it’s becoming clearer and clear that this regime might not be the right fit to fully maximize it.

Zac Taylor, Cincinnati Bengals

Not having an elite quarterback like Joe Burrow on the field is a huge bummer for any coach, but Taylor might end up being the fall guy for yet another lost season in Cincinnati amid such high expectations. When a Super Bowl is the goal, the results have to at least reach for the ceiling. Taylor has overall done a good job, but the franchise knows that a Bengals opening would be the marquee landing spot for any prospective NFL coach. If the Bengals can’t kick it into gear in the second half of the season, Taylor might find himself out of a job in a cruel twist of fate.

Kevin Stefanski, Cleveland Browns

Stefanski is a two-time NFL Coach of the Year who would not be out of work long if he’s fired in Cleveland after the season. It’s no lock that he’d lose his job, even with the Browns in the midst of putting up yet another losing season. However, that 2023 playoff berth has lost its shine. Cleveland probably needs to fully reset on offense after the season. With another down year on deck, Stefanski and general manager Andrew Berry might take the blame after five up-and-down seasons. However, Stefanski’s track record would land him elsewhere in the NFL in no time.

Pete Carroll, Las Vegas Raiders

Putting Carroll on this list in his first year with Las Vegas might seem unfair. Owner Mark Davis recently preached patience with this new Raiders regime, telling The Athletic’s Dianna Russini that “it’s too early to be making these harsh reality decisions.” However, Carroll is also 74 years old and is reasonably nearing the end of his coaching career. That doesn’t have to be a dealbreaker for his return to the sideline in 2026, but one wonders if the right coaching candidate could persuade Vegas want a change. General manager John Spytek should be a safe bet to return, but the on-field struggles at least make you wonder if Carroll’s seat could be taking a bit of heat. Allowing Carroll to retire would be the cleanest break, but if he wants to return, will the Raiders be comfortable with that?