GLENDALE – After an aggressive offseason loaded with defensive reinforcements and high expectations, Jonathan Gannon is suddenly among the NFL’s most vulnerable head coaches.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!According to SportsBettingAG, the Arizona Cardinals’ third-year head coach has the fifth-best odds to be the first coach fired this upcoming season. Gannon is listed at +700, trailing only four others on the hot seat.
Dec 17, 2023; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon looks on during the first half of the game against the San Francisco 49ers at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Cardinals Gannon with fifth-best odds of being fired:
The Cardinals coaching history is an extensive one, as the franchise has has eight head coaches in the 21st century. The bar set by those coaches aren’t particular high with only three of them recording a playoff win. However, the five other coaches that failed to recorded a playoff win were fired after their third or fourth season at the helm.
Gannon is entering his third season with Arizona and doubled the team’s win total from Year 1 to Year 2. The injuries and talent on the roster held the team from making the playoffs last year, falling a couple games short of its first postseason since 2021.
Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon during voluntary Organized Team Activities at the Cardinals training center in Tempe on May 22, 2023. Syndication: Arizona Republic
Other Sportsbooks have the Cardinals win total hovering around 8.5, which is where they finished last year at 8-9. For Gannon to make the playoffs, he’ll need his team to surpass that win total and take advantage of the 27th-easiest schedule next season in the NFL. Gannon has showed enough in his first two years to give himself the benefit of the doubt, incase of falling short next year.
Regardless, it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for ownership and the front office to fire the head coach for missing the playoffs in Year 3.
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Reporter Tanner Tortorella covers general assignment for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account, @TannerTSports
