Heads Up to NFL Coaches, You Better Score Points or Else You're Fired!

Here's a simple idea for you: If you don't score points, then you will lose the game. That's easy enough for you, right? Well let's go even deep—if you don't win games then you will be fired as the head coach, right? That's even easier. 

So what am I trying to say? Scoring points is all that matters in the NFL—you cannot win unless you score, no matter how many yards you accumulate or how many points your defense allows.

Let's take this to another level and take a look at the 10 lowest scoring offenses from 2011 and see what they can do to fix that in 2012.  

The 10 Lowest Scoring Offenses in 2011

Here are the 10 lowest scoring offenses from 2011—not how half of them fired their head coach. Was it because they didn't score any points? You bet. 

1. St Louis Rams: What happened here? Steve Spagnuolo was fired. 

2. Kansas City Chiefs: Yet another firing—the Kansas City Chiefs let go of Todd Haley. 

3. Cleveland Browns: This team is in the process of rebuilding, but needs to score more points. 

4. Indianapolis Colts: What do you know? Another firing. 

4. Jacksonville Jaguars: Take a wild guess. Jack Del Rio was fired due to not scoring any points.

6. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Bucs didn't score and Raheem Morris was fired.

7. Washington Redskins: It's Mike Shanahan. The Redskins are going to give him time to rebuild. 

8. Denver Broncos: It's Tebow Time—you only need to score in the fourth quarter. 

9. Arizona Cardinals: Ken Whisenhunt's job could be in jeopardy in 2012. 

10. Seattle Seahawks: Pete Caroll needs to get his Seahawks to score a lot more points in order to win. 

St. Louis Rams

The St. Louis Rams averaged a pitiful 12.1 points per-game last season as they scored a grand-total of 193 points by the end of the season.

Steve Spagnuolo was fired as the team posted a 2-14 record. 

Now with Jeff Fisher at the helm, he's going to have his hands full as he'll try to rebuild this Rams franchise.

St. Louis does have two pieces on offense in Sam Bradford and Steven Jackson—but they just need more weapons. The Rams have to get a decent wide receiving corps for Bradford and a better offensive line for Jackson. It's that simple. 

Kansas City Chiefs

If Romeo Crennel wants to keep his job with the Kansas City Chiefs, then he's going to have to find a way to score points.

Crennel may be a defensive-minded coach, but his offense scored only 13.2 points per game a year ago and that has to change.

The Chiefs did lose running back Jamaal Charles and tight end Tony Moeaki for the entire season, and getting them back will certainly help in 2012.

If Matt Cassel can play like he did when he made the Pro Bowl in 2010, then the Chiefs should be just fine offensively. 

Cleveland Browns

I wouldn't necessarily say that Pat Shurmur's job is in jeopardy, but he's going to have to score a whole lot more than 218 points this season in order to improve from that pitiful 4-12 record. 

What can the Cleveland Browns do to fix this? Well, let Peyton Hillis go, do not re-sign him and simply go after Robert Griffin III in the draft—that's what I would do.

I would draft RG3 and then go out and draft his wide receiver from Baylor, Kendall Wright—to me, that makes perfect sense. 

The Browns would then have quite a young and talented offense—they will just need to add another wide receiver and find a running back via free agency or the draft. 

Indianapolis Colts

How can the Indianapolis Colts fix their offensive problems? Well this is what I would do if I were their general manager. 

1. Trade Peyton Manning for a ton of draft picks. 

2. Draft Andrew Luck first overall.

3. Use the ton of draft picks that you have to draft wide receivers, offensive linemen and even a running back. 

I know that only takes care of the offensive side of the ball, but that's the way that I would go. 

Jacksonville Jaguars

If Blaine Gabbert is ever going to develop with the Jacksonville Jaguars, then they're going to have to get him some wide receivers.

In Mike Mularkey's first season as the Jags' head coach, I would add some quality receivers and ensure that Gabbert is developed correctly.

In 2011, Gabbert was absolutely horrible, but he simply had no one to throw to. 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

I would actually love to be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager.

The Bucs have a talented young quarterback in Josh Freeman, a solid wide receiver in Mike Williams and a running back in LeGarrette Blount.

So what would I do? I would draft Alabama running back Trent Richardson with the fifth overall pick and then add a few more wide receivers. 

Washington Redskins

Mike Shanahan's Washington Redskins have absolutely no quarterback—and it showed as they averaged only 18 points per game a year ago.

The Redskins should do whatever it takes to trade for Peyton Manning—he could be the answer in Washington.

The Redskins have some pieces offensively and defensively to be successful, they're just simply lacking a true quarterback. 

Denver Broncos

I wouldn't say that John Fox's job is in jeopardy, but Tim Tebow's role as the team's starting quarterback could be if the Denver Broncos don't score more points.

What the Broncos need to do is add a young running back to pair with Willis McGahee and actually give Tebow some wide receivers to throw to—Eric Decker, Demaryius Thomas and Eddie Royal are not great wide receivers. 

The Broncos also need to keep developing Tebow as a passer as he's only started 16 games in the NFL and still have loads of potential. 

Arizona Cardinals

I think that it's safe to say that Ken Whisenhunt could be let go in 2012 if his team doesn't finish better than 8-8 and score more than 19.5 points per-game.

The Arizona Cardinals need to find their quarterback of the future. Is it John Skelton, Kevin Kolb or is it someone else? 

They else need to find another wide receiver to start opposite of Larry Fitzgerald and upgrade their very mediocre offensive line. 

Seattle Seahawks

Pete Carroll's Seattle Seahawks averaged 20.1 points per-game a year ago and finished 7-9—and that was with Tarvaris Jackson at quarterback. Now imagine how they would have done if they had a real quarterback.

The Seahawks have a solid running back in Marshawn Lynch, they need to find a real quarterback and possibly add one or two more wide receivers that he can throw to.