Super Bowl-winning coach Doug Pederson was fired by the Jacksonville Jaguars in what is probably the first of many “Black Monday” firings in professional football.
The NFL’s somber yearly tradition of identifying fall men for a failed 2024 season ended on Sunday, with Pederson and Jerod Mayo of New England suffering the first casualties.
Shortly after finishing their 4-13 season, the Patriots made a snap decision by firing rookie head coach Mayo on Sunday.
Pederson went 9-8 in 2022 and 2023 before finishing his three-year stint at Jacksonville with a terrible 4-13 campaign.
Once the brilliant field general who guided the Philadelphia Eagles to the 2018 Super Bowl championship, Pederson has had a lengthy decline in popularity.
His call of the “Philly Special,” a fourth-and-goal trick play that helped Philadelphia defeat the New England Patriots in the championship game, will always be remembered.
Later on Monday, head coaching positions with the Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders may possibly become available.
The New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, and New York Jets were already using temporary coaches and are anticipated to begin the process of finding long-term replacements on Monday.
The New York Giants announced that coach Brian Daboll would remain for his fourth season as the Big Blue’s head coach, ending the Black Monday carousel. This season, the Giants finished 3-14, and Daboll’s three-year record is 18-32-1 (.363). The squad will hold the third pick in the next draft and established a franchise record for losses this season.
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