The NFL betting campaign is heading into its final week of the year, meaning that Black Monday is nearly upon us for coaches. Take a look at the coaches that have already been canned, and the ones that could be on their way out the door when this season is finally said and done with.

Jack Del Rio, Jacksonville Jaguars – Del Rio was canned a month ago, and it was merciful the way that it happened. The Jags haven’t really made all that much of a move in the right direction over the last few years, and the failure of raising QB Blaine Gabbert as a rookie really didn’t help his case any in a year in which owner Wayne Weaver said that it was playoffs or bust for Del Rio. Now, Weaver has sold the team, and Del Rio has been canned. The only question is whether interim coach Mel Tucker is going to be around to see how next season pans out. We tend to doubt it.

Norv Turner, San Diego Chargers – Turner was announced as a goner at the end of the year just days after Del Rio was fired. Turner was allowed to stay on until the end of the season to see if he can get this team into the playoffs. The postseason hopes came to an end with a loss at the Detroit Lions last week, and now, Norv and his staff are coaching their final game this week at the Oakland Raiders, and they have merely been reduced to potential spoilers in yet another very average season.

Tony Sparano, Miami Dolphins – Sparano was let go a few weeks ago in a move that came as absolutely no surprise to anyone. The Fins flirted with the idea of bringing in Jim Harbaugh before ever firing Sparano, and though Harbaugh didn’t come to South Beach, Sparano was still basically stuck with the job. He did a decent job this year and is deserving of a coaching gig immediately as far as we are concerned, but with the Dolphins moving into a new stadium next season, they needed a new direction to go in.

Todd Haley, Kansas City Chiefs – Thanks to some spats with ownership, players, and fellow coaches, Haley was relieved of his duties when it was assumed that the Chiefs’ playoff hopes were said and done with. Interim coach Romeo Crennel is expected to be a candidate for both this job and other jobs this year, and he really bolstered his case by beating the Green Bay Packers at home in his first game in charge of the team. Haley got a bit of a raw deal getting fired a year after taking the team to the AFC West title, especially knowing that this season became impossible without QB Matt Cassel, S Eric Berry, and RB Jamaal Charles for the majority of (or entirety of) the season, but it was clear that GM Scott Pioli wanted to go another direction with his team.

Jim Caldwell, Indianapolis Colts – Caldwell has probably saved his job over the course of the last couple of weeks, as the Colts have beaten the Titans and Texans at home in back to back encounters. However, if the team decides that it is going to use the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft on QB Andrew Luck, owner Jim Irsay may want to bring in a new coach to lead the ship in Indianapolis as well, since it is clear that the team is in need of a major overhaul.

Andy Reid, Philadelphia Eagles – The season came to a crashing halt last week for the Eagles before they ever took the field, as they were knocked out of the playoffs thanks to a win by the New York Giants. Now, it’s true that Reid’s Eagles have played a lot better of late, winning three straight games and threatening to finish .500 in a season in which very little went right, but we don’t know whether the media pressure in the City of Brotherly Love is going to allow the most tenured coach in the league to keep his post for another season. We tend to doubt it, and we think that Reid, either peacefully via a resignation or forcefully via a firing will be removed on January 2nd.

Tom Coughlin, New York Giants OR Jason Garrett, Dallas Cowboys – Owner/GM/Czar Jerry Jones has said that Garrett is the man that he is going to trust as his head coach for the future, but we aren’t so sure that an 8-8 season and missing out on the playoffs are going to keep him safe. Remember that the Cowboys, in spite of all of their injuries, have lost three out of four games, including dropping to the Arizona Cardinals and these Giants down the stretch. There have been plenty of questionable coaching moves this year in losses, and if the Cowboys lose on Sunday, Garrett might take the fall. Coughlin always seemingly has his back against the wall in the Big Apple, and it seems as though a loss at home will finally be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Then again, the last time Coughlin was in this spot, the Giants won the games that they had to win and ended up winning the Super Bowl, so we know not to count Big Blue out until they are really, truly out.

Mike Shanahan, Washington Redskins – The Redskins’ loss at home on Sunday to the lowly Vikings might be more than owner Daniel Snyder can really take. Shanahan just hasn’t had any success here with the ‘Skins, and his lack of ability to settle on a quarterback and an offensive scheme has really hurt him. Washington is so mediocre and not so bad that it might not be able to settle on a quarterback for the future this year either, and Snyder is probably going to at least force Shanahan’s hand to make up his mind. Knowing Shanny, he may just decide that he has had enough and walk away from the job if Snyder doesn’t fire him next week.

Steve Spagnuolo, St. Louis Rams – The Rams were really, really bad this season, and that wasn’t what the franchise really wanted to see a year after just missing out on the postseason. There were some promising games, notably the home win over the Saints, but St. Louis was just never really able to build upon it. The question is there whether or not QB Sam Bradford is really the man that can lead this team, and if QB Andrew Luck ends up sitting on the board for the Rams, they might have to take him. If they do that, will Spagnuolo get a chance to rebuild this team a second time? We really don’t think so.

Raheem Morris, Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Morris wasn’t really on the hot seat for the majority of the season, but a few weeks ago, that steam picked up, and now, he is probably all but gone. It’s not that the Bucs have been losing games, it’s how they have been losing them. All that the team needed to see this year was a bit of progression on the field. Making the playoffs would have been the next step, but not a requirement. Now, the team is one of the worst in football, it has a 10-game losing streak going, and it is probably going to end up removing Morris as a result, especially after a lot of the four TD+ losses that this squad has had to endure down the stretch.

Lovie Smith, Chicago Bears – Someone is going to take the fall for the fall from grace that the Bears have had, and though we think that it is going to start with GM Jerry Angelo, a new GM might want Smith and has staff out. It’s really not Smith’s fault that he really didn’t have a quarterback or a running back to work with down the stretch, but the bottom line is that this team had a two game lead on a Wild Card bid a month ago, and it was eliminated from the postseason on Christmas night. To say that that isn’t all that good is a bit of an understatement, and Smith could get the blame.

Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals – We keep Lewis on the hot seat for now, because failing to make the playoffs might be enough to cause owner Paul Brown, who notoriously does things that go against the grain, to give him the boot. The Bengals are going a new direction, and Lewis started the team that way with QB Andy Dalton calling the shots, but that doesn’t mean that Brown is going to want to keep Lewis even if the team finishes 9-7 and out of the postseason. It would be a questionable firing at best, but in order to stay safe for absolutely certain, we recommend to Lewis to beat the Baltimore Ravens this week and lock up a playoff spot.

Ken Whisenhunt, Arizona Cardinals – We tend to think that the solid play down the stretch has been enough to give Whisenhunt one more go around with the Cardinals, but we’re not sure that ownership is going to go with that either, especially if one of the big time head coaches that have been sitting on the sidelines is showing some interest in the job. Finishing at that psychological barrier of .500 with a win over the Seahawks this week will probably be enough to take the heat off of Whisenhunt, at least for one more season.

The hot seat. Every coach finds himself on it at some point in his career. Some persevere, while others fold under the pressure. This year in the NFL, there are a number of coaches that are facing potential do or die situations. Check out who those coaches are, why they’re in trouble, what we can expect of them this year, and their odds to win the Super Bowl.

Chan Gailey, Buffalo Bills (+10000 to win Super Bowl XLV at JustBet Sportsbook): Bottom line: When you’re not a good coaching hire in the first place, you’re always on the hot seat. Gailey was an awful coach at virtually every stop along the way in his career, and this is probably going to be no exception. It looks like he has decided that QB Trent Edwards is the man to try to take his team from the ranks of the worst in the league to respectability. No chance. Edwards is, at best, the fifth best quarterback in this division, and he is clearly not the answer. Gailey will probably survive regardless, but this year has the potential to be a bloody one. We’ve seen coaches dismissed after one year before. Gailey might be the next in line.

Gary Kubiak, Houston Texans (+3000 to win Super Bowl XLV at JustBet Sportsbook): Playoffs or bust. That’s the ultimatum that has been handed down from owner Bob McNair to Kubiak this year for the Texans. This is the only franchise in the NFL that has never tasted the playoffs, and by now, the fourth year of his rule in Houston, the Texans should be making the playoffs, particularly with the type of talent that the team has. The only problem is that the schedule is an absolute nightmare this year. Houston has also already lost its second round draft pick and projected starting RB Ben Tate, which really only leaves RBs Arian Foster and Steve Slaton. This could be a bad situation if Foster doesn’t pan out. Still, the top rated passing attack in the NFL from last year is only getting better with every pass that QB Matt Schaub throws. Every year this team gets better and better. Last year was the squad’s first season above .500. This should be the year that the playoffs are reached.

Jack Del Rio, Jacksonville Jaguars (+10000 to win Super Bowl XLV at JustBet Sportsbook): Here’s a man that probably should have already been fired. Jacksonville has drafted poorly in recent years, and it is really catching up. The team simply isn’t that great. The decision to make QB David Garrard the starter a few years ago paid off in the short term but has crippled the franchise now that it really needs its boost, as the Jags are threatening to move to Los Angeles if ticket sales don’t pick up. Unless RB Maurice Jones-Drew intends on having a year like Chris Johnson did last season in Tennessee, don’t expect Del Rio to be heading anywhere but the unemployment line once the year is out.

Andy Reid, Philadelphia Eagles (+3000 to win Super Bowl XLV at JustBet Sportsbook): It’s hard to think that the Eagles would part ways with Reid after all of the playoff years that this franchise has had, but this is the same team that just dumped QB Donovan McNabb unceremoniously to a divisional rival in exchange for a bag of peanuts and a box of footballs. Reid needs to at least finish .500 this year with new QB Kevin Kolb, or he might be out the door. The Eagles are searching for a new direction, and the fact that Reid only brought the team to one Super Bowl and never won the big one could ultimately cost him. If the standard of his job is going to be measured on the playoffs, the City of Brotherly Love will be watching the last season of Reid on the sidelines in green.

Lovie Smith, Chicago Bears (+5000 to win Super Bowl XLV at JustBet Sportsbook): The Bears made the biggest splash of the offseason last year when they acquired QB Jay Cutler from the Denver Broncos. Cutler failed miserably, and the team flat out stunk last season. Now, Chicago was back at it again this year, picking up DE Julius Peppers, the best free agent that the open market has seen in years in the NFL. An 0-3 start to the preseason with just 36 total points scored isn’t a good start if you’re looking to put good mojo into your team for your make or break season. Somehow, Smith, just like Marvin Lewis in Cincinnati, finds a way to keep saving his job with one good year every so often. This could be that “every so often” year in the Windy City… but if it isn’t, it is high time that Smith goes.

John Fox, Carolina Panthers (+6000 to win Super Bowl XLV at JustBet Sportsbook): The Panthers know that this is probably going to be a down year, but Fox is just as much putting them on the hot seat as they are putting him there. The team did go out and dump QB Jake Delhomme after so many failed seasons, and they even brought in his eventual successor, QB Jimmy Clausen in the NFL Draft. However, Fox doesn’t want to wait for some rookie to groom. He wants to win and win now. The rushing attack is great with both RBs DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart capable of rushing for 1,000+ yards. However, the defense lost the aforementioned Peppers and has a lot of work to do to return to respectability. The Panthers are clearly the third best team in this division, and the end result could be a long, long season in which Fox either gets fired before its conclusion, or tells the team that he is not renewing his contract at season’s end.