NFL Midseason Report: 20 Players and Coaches Who Should Lose Their Jobs Now
The NFL midseason report on who should lose their job immediately is an interesting one. There are so many polarizing opinions on who should get another chance and who's a bum who should be relegated to the bench.
Some players jump out immediately to the fans and coaches as performing below expectations, especially those guys in the glamour positions such as quarterback and cornerback.
Some of these guys are the ones in the trenches, though, and their performance is just as important as the guy carrying the ball.
As for the coaches, their work speaks for itself.
Here are 20 players who really need more time on the sidelines.
20. Flozell Adams
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The Steelers don't have a very good offensive line, and the addition of Flozell Adams didn't help it any.
Watching Adams get beat and moved around on a line that is thin to begin with isn't fun for Steelers fan.
Adams was ejected from Dallas, and they're terrible.
19. Marion Barber
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Granted, the Cowboys don't run the ball, but Marion Barber hardly is giving Jason Garrett a reason to want to give him the ball.
On the season, Barber has 65 carries for 197 yards.
That's not exactly inspiring anyone to have faith in the Cowboys running game.
18. Beanie Wells
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On a team with quarterback issues, Beanie Wells should be leading. Instead he has 69 carries for only 233 yards and two touchdowns.
Wells was the Cardinals first-round draft pick last year, and he's rapidly turning into a bust.
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17. Marshawn Lynch
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Marshawn Lynch already has been ejected from the Buffalo Bills, and his short time in Seattle hasn't resulted in a lot of yardage or touchdowns.
Versus Oakland, Lynch had nine carries for seven yards.
On the season, Lynch has yet to have a 100-yard game, and he's now Seattle's No. 1 running back.
16. Eric Wright
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Chances are, if your team is playing the Browns and you see your wide receiver streaking down the field for a touchdown, Eric Wright can be seen trying to catch up to him.
Wright has been torched more times this season than Browns fans want to count, and the once-promising cornerback clearly has regressed this year.
A benching may be the only way to save his career, if it's not too late already.
15. The Chicago Bears Offensive Line
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When your quarterback has been sacked 19 times in the last three games, who do you blame?
The entire Chicago Bears offensive line can be cut and replaced by waiver wire pickups at this point and I doubt it would make a difference. In fact, it might improve pass coverage by playing guys grateful to have a job.
14. Matt Moore
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The only reason Matt Moore is starting is because John Fox thinks Moore gives him the best chance to keep his job at the end of the season.
Saying Moore gives the Panthers the best chance to win is coach-speak for: "I'm not willing to risk my job with losses due to a young, inexperienced quarterback like Jimmy Clausen."
The truth is, developing Clausen is probably the best thing Fox could do, but that's just one man's opinion.
13. Denver's Linebackers
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One of the main reasons Denver's record is so poor is the fact they're defense is ranked 31st against the run.
Darren McFadden will tell you all about it.
Like the Bears offensive line, who do you blame in a unit that just doesn't do its job?
12. Albert Haynesworth
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While Mike Shanahan's handling of the Albert Haynesworth situation certainly can be questioned, Haynesworth shoulders most of the blame for just not showing up and playing.
While he's not a starter, he shouldn't even be on the team at this point with the way he's been playing and his attitude in general.
The Redskins really should cut him and sue to get their money back, but good luck with that given how ironclad these contracts are.
11. Mike Shanahan
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Speaking of the Redskins, Mike Shanahan was brought in to fix the Redskins, and the team appears to be completely falling apart at this point.
Shanahan didn't handle Albert Haynesworth well at all, his acquisitions this offseason haven't really panned out, and then he benched Donovan McNabb for reasons even he can't really explain.
There are a few scenarios where head coaches get fired after one season, and with the benching of McNabb and all the drama that is going to ensue because of it, Shanahan just might be entering that territory.
10. Jonathan Stewart
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The Panthers, as mentioned before, are a very bad team this year. But when your starting running back is injured and your backup only can manage 178 yards on 64 carries through seven games, what's the point in even putting him on the field?
When a starter gets injured, it's the backups role to step up and make the plays. Stewart has not done that, so it's time for the Panthers to move on.
9. Fred Jackson
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Fred Jackson, despite getting the starting job over Marshawn Lynch earlier this season, hasn't really done much to make Bills fans think he was the right decision.
Jackson has 297 yards on 75 carries.
Meanwhile, rookie C.J. Spiller has 130 yards on 32 carries as a backup.
If the starter can't get more than four yards per carry on less than 100 carries, it's time to see what the rookie has.
8. Jake Delhomme
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As amazing as it sounds, the Browns are talking about putting Jake Delhomme back in the starting job should he get healthy enough, according to some reports.
Other reports have Delhomme refusing to be put on the IR list, but either way, there's no reason for Delhomme to walk on the field as a starter again.
Delhomme's limited action this year showed poor decision-making and an inability to move. Delhomme's ankle probably won't be 100 percent again this season and he's not getting any younger.
Given how good the offense looked with Seneca Wallace and Colt McCoy on the field, there's no reason to even debate putting Delhomme back under center.
7. Derek Anderson
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In the debate over whether to start Derek Anderson or Max Hall, the answer should be John Skelton.
That's not an endorsement of Skelton, but it is my belief a high school quarterback might be a better option than Derek Anderson behind center.
Anderson is exactly what you see, a guy who will chuck the ball 50 yards down the field, and if you're lucky, it won't get intercepted.
Anderson doesn't read defenses well, makes poor decisions and just throws the ball up for grabs, trusting his receiver will get it. That's assuming he throws it to where any of his receivers are, but let's not confuse the issue with facts.
The Cardinals are better off seeing if Hall will develop because Anderson has peaked.
6. Alex Smith
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Alex Smith has had years to develop into the franchise quarterback the 49ers thought they had when they drafted him.
That hasn't happened, and one or two good games at this point shouldn't make a difference.
Troy Smith showed promise in his start against the Broncos, and it's time for the team to turn the page and move on.
5. Mike Singletary
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Mike Singletary is a great motivational speaker, but he's not head coach material at this point in his career.
That's not to say he won't become a good head coach a few years from now, but it's time for the 49ers to start over and it's time for Singletary to go back into the ranks of coordinators and spend another few years learning.
The 49ers haven't gone anywhere under Singletary and it doesn't look like things are going to change anytime soon.
4. Matt Cassel
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There, I said it.
Let's look at what the Chiefs have, especially now that Charlie Weiss is the offensive coordinator.
Cassel is a decent quarterback, but he's hardly doing anything to light things up in Kansas City, who have developed a great running game.
Cassel's QB rating is 90.4 going into this weekend, but he's had only two games where he's thrown for more than 200 yards, and Chiefs fans are happy the team has two 100-yard potential running backs in the backfield.
The Chiefs can get the same production out of a half-dozen different quarterbacks that don't cost as much as Cassel, which is the big factor in putting Cassel on this list.
For what he's being paid, you expect a lot more out of him.
3. Josh McDaniels
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Like Mike Singletary, Josh McDaniels just isn't ready for the captain's chair yet. The Broncos have regressed in their second season under McDaniels, and it really doesn't look like they've hit rock bottom yet.
The trade of Jay Cutler for Kyle Orton worked out for the Broncos, but to be fair Cutler spends most of his day on his back wondering what hit him.
Other than that, McDaniels ran Brandon Marshall out of town, traded Peyton Hillis for Brady Quinn, and then traded back up into the first round of the draft to take Tim Tebow, making Brady Quinn third on the depth chart.
Meanwhile, the team is a mess, the defense can't stop anybody and Orton throws for 400 yards and it still isn't enough.
Between McDaniels, Charlie Weiss, Romeo Crennell, and Eric Mangini, it might be time to uproot and burn the Bill Belichick coaching tree.
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2. Wade Phillips
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Wade Phillips is a Dead Man Walking, and he knows it.
Why Jerry Jones hasn't put Phillips—and Dallas fans—out of their collective misery comes down to options.
Jones doesn't know who's going to run the team at this point if Phillips is fired. But really, how much worse can it get?
Jason Garrett once was tapped as the future head coach of the Cowboys, so why Jones just doesn't make that happen now and let the rest of the season serve as an audition will have to remain a mystery.
1. Brett Favre
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Brett Favre is becoming the poster child for the concept of a player who hung around one year too long.
Age finally has caught up with Favre, who can't move as well as he used to, makes poor decisions in an effort to make the "big play," and doesn't take hits well.
Favre just isn't the player he was even a year ago, and no one inside the Viking's organization wants to admit that because they're the ones who came to Favre, hat in hand, and begged him to come back in August.
Admitting you have a problem is the first step in getting that problem solved, and Favre is a big problem.
Tarvaris Jackson is younger, more mobile, and at this point, is the better alternative to an aged, hobbled Favre.
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