Adam Schefter reveals how many NFL head coaches could be fired

There have already been two head coaches fired by NFL teams this season, and one longtime reporter believes even more changes than usual will be coming over the next several weeks.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter said during a Monday appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” that he expects as many as 10 NFL head coaches to be fired heading into 2024. Josh McDaniels was fired by the Las Vegas Raiders a few weeks ago and the Carolina Panthers parted ways with Frank Reich on Monday, but Schefter believes that is just the start.

“Last year I think there were five head coaching changes. If we go back to the turn of the century, it averages 6.8 per year,” Schefter said. “And in two years, you almost always get about 13 or 14. Well, we had five last year. You’re gonna have anywhere, I believe, between seven and 10 head coaching changes.”

Schefter also said the timeline for when teams are willing to make coaching changes has been moved up in recent years.

“I think the timelines on these coaching moves have begun to be blurred more so than ever before, where owners don’t care whether they’re doing it in September or October or November or December,” Schefter added. “It used to be we got past Thanksgiving, now we enter into coach hunting season. The teams that are underachieving, underperforming, not winning games, their coaches are in jeopardy. Last year, again, five changes. This year, seven to 10, and I’ll take the over.”