The good, bad and questionable from NFL's end-of-season coach firings

Bad: Cleveland Browns retain GM Andrew Berry, fire HC Kevin Stefanski

The wrong one is staying.

Despite agreeing to the worst trade in NFL history by sending three future firsts (along with two fourths and one third) to the Houston Texans for quarterback Deshaun Watson — then giving him $230 million guaranteed — in 2022, Berry somehow avoided the axe on Monday while Stefanski, a two-time Associated Press Coach of the Year, was fired.

To be fair to Cleveland, the timing was right to part ways with Stefanski after he led the team to just eight wins over the past two seasons. But how about putting some responsibility on the person who constructed the flawed roster with a glaring hole at quarterback? Just a thought.

Instead, the Browns will be in the awful position of having Berry oversee the upcoming coaching search, which should make any candidate hesitate. What happens if, a year from now, Cleveland once again misses the playoffs and the team moves on from Berry? Then, whoever's coaching will be at the mercy of a general manager who didn't hire him.

There's a reason the Browns are the NFL's worst franchise, and Monday was another excellent example of why.

Questionable: Atlanta Falcons fire Raheem Morris following four-game winning streak

The Falcons probably needed to clean house after missing the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season and failing to take advantage of playing in the league's most dreadful division. But ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter's post to social media early Monday gives some reason for skepticism.

Per Schefter, Atlanta became the first team since the 2021 Raiders to finish a season on a four-game win streak but fail to bring back their head coach. In that instance, Las Vegas hired Josh McDaniels, finished 6-11 in 2022 and has averaged five wins per season in the three subsequent years.

Atlanta had too much talent to be mediocre, and better coaching could count for a couple of wins by itself next year. Based on all available data, the organization made the correct call. 

But since when have the Falcons done anything right? We're talking about a team that always picks the wrong door. If any team can turn a sure win into a loss, it's the one that does it better than the rest.