The NFL’s previous three Coach of the 12 months recipients may very doubtless all be job looking this offseason, revealing an unlucky and harsh actuality: Head coaches are beneath extra stress to win than ever.
With the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants every 2-8 forward of Week 12 play, there’s hypothesis in regards to the job safety for Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski and New York HC Brian Daboll.
In 2023, Stefanski helped lead a depleted Browns group that had misplaced QB Deshaun Watson, RB Nick Chubb and seven other players to season-ending accidents to an 11-6 report and a playoff berth. He was rewarded for his efforts with Coach of the 12 months honors, his second since 2020.
With the group as soon as once more battling accidents to key starters, together with Watson once more, Cleveland has struggled to search out its footing this season.
Stefanski, who has taken warmth from followers amid the group’s skid, spoke on how he is dealt with the criticism and the place his focus resides forward of Cleveland’s “Thursday Night time Soccer” matchup in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers, ESPN’s Daniel Oyefusi wrote.
“I believe in all probability as a result of I grew up listening to [Philadelphia radio], I am sensible sufficient to not fear about exterior noise,” Stefanski mentioned. “I get that is a part of this gig. That is life within the large metropolis. My sole focus is getting this group able to get a win on Thursday night time. That is it.”
As for Daboll and the New York Giants, an absence of expertise, underscored by a subpar group of quarterbacks, has led to the group’s drastic downfall since Daboll received Coach of the 12 months in 2022.
The Giants are 8-19 since profitable a playoff recreation in 2022, a report that by no means displays Daboll’s capability to teach. New York has competed this season — 4 of its eight losses are by 5 factors or much less — regardless of DT Dexter Lawrence being the one participant arguably high 10 at his place.
Regardless of this, in a current “Breakfast Ball,” Fox Sports activities NFL insider Jordan Schultz mentioned Daboll has been “teaching for his job during the last seven weeks.”
